Black Flat, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Holliday census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76366. The Survey maps it on the Lake Kickapoo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1932 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Lake Kickapoo quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Black Flat between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,645 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLACK FLATS FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILSON RANCH ROAD FIRE |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 82 & DUNDEE |
| 7 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARKEY RANCH FIRE |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOSE CITY FIRE |
| 1 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 680 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COX ROAD FIRE |
| 8 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 07/08/2020C |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mankins | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Dads Corner | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Holliday | 11.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hartex | 12.1 miles | 8 | |
| Archer City | 13.3 miles | 9 | |
| Luke Wilson | 15.4 miles | 9 | |
| Anarene | 17.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379423. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.




