BlockCapps Switch, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sunray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79086. The Survey maps it on the Capps Switch quadrangle.
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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Capps Switch quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spearman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Capps Switch between 2006 and 2020, burning about 924 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 | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANDUJO FIRE |
| 26 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEMENTARY RD |
| 1 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | MUDDY |
| 13 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 April 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LACKACOFFEE |
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.
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 Q122544637 | 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 1353800. 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.