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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.

Corner Windmill within Jeff Davis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 2008

Regional 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/undetermined11
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 July 2019Natural135 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCOY
9 June 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWER LINE FIRE
25 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCOY AIRSTRIP FIRE
15 June 2008Natural125 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARPENTER MT
13 June 2010Natural80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWALKER MOUNTAIN
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 17 NORTH, 19 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 17 NORTH @ MCCOY RANCH ENTRANCE (24 MILES N)
3 April 2017Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARPENTER MTN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jeff Davis County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Old Place Windmill5.6 miles12
Saltlick Mill10.4 miles12
Fort Davis20.3 miles12
Bell Place Windmill42.6 miles15
Valentine43.9 miles15
Chispa50.9 miles12

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.