BlockBuenos, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Post West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79356. The Survey maps it on the South Dokegood Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS South Dokegood Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Slaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Buenos between 2005 and 2015, burning about 7,922 acres in total. None 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR HH |
| 24 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RICHARDSON FIRE |
| 7 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 April 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 April 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 211 & US HWY84 |
| 10 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Hackberry | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Southland | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Close City | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Post | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Graham | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Augustus | 15.3 miles | 7 | |
| Verbena | 15.6 miles | 7 |
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 Q122592157 | 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 1379469. 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.