BlockDeal, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Panhandle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79036. It lies near Antelope Peak. The Survey maps it on the Deal quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1939 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Deal quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Borger quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
205 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Deal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,884 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 9 were 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 | 105 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | ELIZABETH |
| 4 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | PALO DURO 1 |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | VALLEY |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | COOPER |
| 10 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HI PLAINS ROAD |
| 30 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINDSONG FIRE |
| 3 August 2018 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALIBATES #2 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379643. 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.