Coburn, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Higgins census division. The Survey maps it on the Coburn 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 Coburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Coburn between 2006 and 2019, burning about 35,645 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 60 LIPSCOMB CO. |
| 27 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 60 EAST |
| 21 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 60 EAST ON CO. LINE |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 60 LIPSCONMB CO. |
| 31 July 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORKER |
| 8 June 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higgins | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Locust Grove | 11.8 miles | 6 | |
| Lipscomb | 13.1 miles | 6 | |
| Barton Corners | 18.7 miles | 6 | |
| Magoun | 22.3 miles | 6 | |
| Twin Grove | 23.6 miles | 6 | |
| Follett | 25.4 miles | 6 | |
| Sherlock | 26.4 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379564. 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.



