BlockCenter Plains, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79052. The Survey maps it on the Edmonson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Edmonson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Center Plains between 2005 and 2020, burning about 592 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 174 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-111 |
| 30 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011058 |
| 5 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-46 |
| 28 May 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020020 |
| 24 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-35 |
| 11 April 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 239 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014-23 |
| 11 April 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014-18 |
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 Q122551366 | 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 1379523. 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.