Corner Windmill, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Davis census division. The Survey maps it on the Barrilla Mountains West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Fort Davis quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Fort Davis quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Barrilla Mountains West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fort Davis quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Corner Windmill between 2008 and 2019, burning about 520 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2019 | Natural | 135 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCOY |
| 9 June 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWER LINE FIRE |
| 25 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCOY AIRSTRIP FIRE |
| 15 June 2008 | Natural | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARPENTER MT |
| 13 June 2010 | Natural | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALKER MOUNTAIN |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 17 NORTH, 19 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 17 NORTH @ MCCOY RANCH ENTRANCE (24 MILES N) |
| 3 April 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARPENTER MTN FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Place Windmill | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Saltlick Mill | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Davis | 20.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bell Place Windmill | 42.6 miles | 15 | |
| Valentine | 43.9 miles | 15 | |
| Chispa | 50.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379591. 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.






