BlockBoden, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Canadian River Breaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79010. The Survey maps it on the Boden quadrangle. It stands 3,245 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1934 USGS Ady quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Ady quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Boden quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Vega quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Boden between 1998 and 2020, burning about 832 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VALLEY WINDMILL FIRE |
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SARGES |
| 3 July 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPRING DRAW |
| 19 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 405 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD MUDDY |
| 9 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 May 1998 | Natural | 20 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | CROSSBAR#1 |
| 25 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AVANT |
| 4 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | DAVIDSON RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Boden: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkins Lime Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Marinelli Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Hwy Pit No. 57-130-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q22076418 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379436. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.