Corner Windmill, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Del Rio Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76950. The Survey maps it on the White Draw NW quadrangle.

Corner Windmill within Val Verde County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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.

1954 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS White Draw NW quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Rocksprings quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Rocksprings quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Corner Windmill between 2009 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 4 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	4

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 August 2011	Natural	30 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BUCKLEY DRAW FIRE
24 August 2020	Natural	25 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	VAL VERDE
16 August 2020	Natural	110 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BUCKLEY
25 July 2009	Natural	15 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WEST BOONE

Every fire recorded in Val Verde 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Juno	10.4 miles	6
Vinegarone	16.8 miles	7
Bakers Crossing	18.2 miles	7
Loma Alta	18.4 miles	7
Pandale	33.5 miles	6
Lull	34.4 miles	7
Comstock	35.5 miles	7
Shumla	36.4 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378161. 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.