BlockCleta, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Canyon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79015. The Survey maps it on the Canyon quadrangle. It stands 3,592 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1960 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tulia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Cleta between 2005 and 2020, burning about 19,981 acres in total. 7 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-748 |
| 28 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE NEAR OLD JOWELL SCHOOL |
| 28 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | U.S. 87 4 MILES S CANYON |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-725 |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20926 |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EHLY FIRE |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge | HOPE ROAD |
| 7 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-634 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ogg | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rockwell Place | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Umbarger | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Timbercreek Canyon | 10.5 miles | 8 | |
| Palisades | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Tanglewood | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| Zita | 14.7 miles | 8 |
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 Q22076438 | 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 1379559. 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.