BlockExum, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Channing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79022. The Survey maps it on the Exum quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Exum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Exum between 2006 and 2019, burning about 219 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 281 |
| 20 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7/20/2019 |
| 13 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 281 & CO RD 46 |
| 17 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOE REINART |
| 19 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARTLEY |
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 1379743. 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.