BlockFamuliner, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Morton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79346. The Survey maps it on the Morton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Morton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Levelland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Famuliner between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,595 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2012 | Natural | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 February 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 February 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19024 |
| 1 February 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Route (historical) | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Lehman | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Neely Ward | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Morton | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bledsoe | 9.2 miles | 5 | |
| Griffith | 9.8 miles | 5 | |
| Whiteface | 14.5 miles | 7 | |
| Girlstown USA | 18.8 miles | 8 |
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 Famuliner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122547872 | 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 1379752. 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.