BlockBoydston, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 79039. The Survey maps it on the Groom quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Groom quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Groom quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Boydston between 2006 and 2017, burning about 428,012 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2017 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TL ROACH RANCH |
| 10 August 2008 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INTERSTATE 40 MM 121 |
| 5 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2009 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SALT FORK RANCH FIRE |
| 14 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 427,696 acres | Cibola National Forest | I-40 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boydston in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boydston | - | Measured at the West Texas Mesonet three miles southwest of Lake McClellan. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alanreed | 14.7 miles | 6 | |
| Bowers City | 17.0 miles | 6 | |
| Lefors | 20.5 miles | 5 | |
| Kingsmill | 21.3 miles | 6 | |
| Wesco | 21.6 miles | 5 | |
| Kingsmill Camp | 21.9 miles | 6 | |
| McLean | 21.9 miles | 6 | |
| Pampa | 24.5 miles | 5 |
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 Q122544270 | 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 1379450. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.