BlockFort Phantom Hill, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hawley-Noodle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79601. The Survey maps it on the Nugent quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Fort Phantom Hill
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 Phantom Hilllisted 1972 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1891 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Nugent quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Nugent quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Fort Phantom Hill (historical) between 2003 and 2020, burning about 7,290 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLACK FOOT |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-038 |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SILO |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1082 |
| 6 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLING PLAINS - 11 |
| 3 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E. LAKE RD. & FM 1082 |
| 2 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NUGENT ASSIST |
| 18 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-084 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom Hill | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Nugent | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hawley | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| North Abilene | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Funston | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hodges | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lueders | 12.1 miles | 12 | |
| Truby | 12.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034996. 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.