BlockCorner Windmill, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alpine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79842. It lies near Nine Point Draw. The Survey maps it on the Bone Spring NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS Bone Spring quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Bone Spring quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Bone Spring quadrangle1:125000
- 1920 USGS Bone Spring quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Bone Spring NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Santiago Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Corner Windmill in 2002, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | POINT 1 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Corner Windmill: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon Dome Prospect | Mercury | Prospect | 1945 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinaja (historical) | 12.1 miles | 9 | |
| McKinney Springs | 18.2 miles | 11 | |
| Onion Spring | 22.0 miles | 11 | |
| Stillwell Crossing | 22.3 miles | 9 | |
| Panther Junction | 23.3 miles | 10 | |
| Basin Junction | 23.8 miles | 13 | |
| Millers | 24.7 miles | 11 | |
| Old Corbett Place | 25.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378160. 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.