BlockEast Afton, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dickens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79220. It stands on Washout Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Afton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS East Afton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dickens 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 East Afton between 2008 and 2012, burning about 1,561 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AFTON |
| 3 July 2011 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STOKES |
| 29 July 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IKE JACKSON FIRE |
| 26 July 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAST AFTON FIRE |
| 2 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM265 & CR238 |
| 16 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KERR |
| 16 June 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E. AFTON |
| 16 June 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 1356566. 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.