BlockFolley, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Motley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79255. The Survey maps it on the Folley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Folley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Childress quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Folley between 2007 and 2019, burning about 1,156 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRUSE |
| 24 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KENITH HELMS |
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RATTAN |
| 4 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ECHOLS |
| 18 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 97 DITCH |
| 10 July 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CO. RD. 152 |
| 30 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN EARL PIGG |
| 12 May 2010 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARIE CRUSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flomot | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Whitestar | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Whiteflat | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Northfield | 18.0 miles | 8 | |
| Matador | 20.3 miles | 8 | |
| Roaring Springs | 27.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mac Bain | 27.6 miles | 8 | |
| Russellville | 28.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q122540283 | 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 1379781. 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.