Carnes, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quanah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79252. The Survey maps it on the Eldorado quadrangle.

Carnes within Hardeman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1960 USGS Quanah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1975 USGS Quanah NW quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Carnes between 2006 and 2015, burning about 4,780 acres in total. 2 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
Natural	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Smoking	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
14 September 2015	Smoking	400 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HALE
13 September 2015	Natural	800 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ABERNATHY
29 July 2008	Natural	200 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
26 June 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1,200 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	FM 1166 FIRE
3 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WILLOW VIEW FIRE
16 February 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	850 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ARKANSAS RD
10 February 2006	Smoking	230 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardeman County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Carnes: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Hardeman 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Willowview	3.3 miles	10
Talbert Crossing	4.1 miles	10
North Groesbeck	5.6 miles	9
Quanah	7.0 miles	10
Acme (historical)	7.3 miles	10
Goodlett	8.7 miles	10
Williams	9.3 miles	10
Wheatland	10.4 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379509. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.