BlockCowley, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Plano census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75093. The Survey maps it on the Hebron quadrangle. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Frisco quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hebron quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Cowley between 2011 and 2017, burning about 23 acres in total. None 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KINGSBRIDGE |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19001-19099 DALLAS PKWY |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4726-4750 HAVERWOOD |
| 5 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PLANO |
| 18 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANKFORD |
| 17 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TANGLEWOOD |
| 16 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARSH |
| 9 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DALLAS PKWY |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cowley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076450 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378171. 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.