BlockCorner Windmill, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Midland South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79706. The Survey maps it on the Parks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Pecos quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Parks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Odessa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Corner Windmill between 2008 and 2013, burning about 18,306 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAPPS FIRE |
| 11 August 2010 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SKYWEST |
| 27 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TENDER FIRE |
| 11 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DIRT ROAD FIRE |
| 3 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLOWN TIRE FIRE |
| 14 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JC JOHNSON FIRE |
| 11 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GUN CLUB FIRE 3 |
| 2 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARKERRANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warfield | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bounce | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cotton Flat | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sandy Acres | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ridgeheights | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Benge Corner | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Midland | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Chub | 15.0 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378162. 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.