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Bunker Hill, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the Dalhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79022. The Survey maps it on the Wharton Ranch quadrangle.

Bunker Hill within Dallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

23 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Bunker Hill between 2006 and 2017, burning about 2,060 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePARKER FARMS
10 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15 WEST ON 102
7 July 2016Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 3110
7 July 2008Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2017Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHARTON RANCH STATE HWY 102
1 July 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16 WEST FM 1727
17 June 2008Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 May 2014Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMISTY LN.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallam County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Windy Hill4.5 miles6
Ware9.6 miles6
Perico10.4 miles7
Bolin12.7 miles6
Corlena13.8 miles7
Texline19.1 miles8
Dalhart19.7 miles6
Thompson Grove20.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379478. 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.