BlockFort Lancaster, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Crockett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79781. It stands on Live Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Lancaster quadrangle.
On record in Fort Lancaster
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fort Lancasterlisted 1971 · 0.0 miles away
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.
- 1929 USGS Sheffield quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Lancaster quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ozona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Fort Lancaster between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,307 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2015 | Natural | 103 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LANCASTER HILL |
| 12 August 2015 | Natural | 693 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUTTON RANCH |
| 30 June 2020 | Natural | 6.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INGRAM |
| 19 June 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RADIO TOWER FIRE |
| 19 June 2011 | Natural | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RED BALL FIRE |
| 18 June 2008 | Natural | 343 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AGUA SI |
| 26 October 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 72 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEADOWS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corner Windmill | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Ozona | 26.4 miles | 7 | |
| Crockett Heights | 30.9 miles | 7 | |
| Midway | 33.0 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379789. 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.