Four Corner Windmill, 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. The Survey maps it on the Bachelor Hill 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.
- 1929 USGS Sheffield quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Bachelor Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ozona quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Four Corner Windmill between 2008 and 2019, burning about 100,553 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERNER FIRE |
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | 433 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COX RANCH |
| 12 August 2015 | Natural | 693 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUTTON RANCH |
| 1 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 754 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLACK RANCH |
| 4 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOLMESLY FIRE |
| 23 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH RANCH |
| 9 April 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MITCHELL BLACK TOP |
| 30 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 98,168 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUCKABEE FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lancaster | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Ozona | 20.1 miles | 7 | |
| Crockett Heights | 24.4 miles | 7 | |
| Midway | 28.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379794. 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.




