BlockDouble Mountain, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Aspermont South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79502. The Survey maps it on the Peacock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 6 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Peacock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Aspermont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Double Mountain between 2005 and 2017, burning about 174 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIKE HATCH(HINZE PLACE FIRE) |
| 7 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PEACOCK(BARTLETT)FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peacock | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Oriana (historical) | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Swenson | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Aspermont | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dorras | 9.8 miles | 6 | |
| Red Bluff Crossing | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Geneview | 16.3 miles | 7 | |
| Sandlin | 17.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379676. 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.