BlockBuffalo Mop, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kosse census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76642. The Survey maps it on the Odds quadrangle. It stands 486 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Odds quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Buffalo Mop between 2006 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LCR 623 |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 214 |
| 8 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7082017 |
| 30 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2018 | Smoking | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7252018 |
| 25 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 339 FIRE |
| 25 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 339 & FM 2489 |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 71801 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odds | 1.3 miles | 6 | |
| Little Elm | 1.5 miles | 6 | |
| Coit | 2.8 miles | 6 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Big Hill | 3.5 miles | 6 | |
| Thornton | 6.5 miles | 6 | |
| Ben Hur | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Beulah | 8.0 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Buffalo Mop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4985787 | 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 2034774. 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.