BlockFour Corner Windmill, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Big Lake census division. The Survey maps it on the Gardener Draw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1928 USGS Rankin quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Gardener Draw quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Four Corner Windmill in 2019, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEST LANE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Santa Rita (historical) | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Texon | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Stiles | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Big Lake | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Witco | 16.4 miles | 8 | |
| Crossroads | 18.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379795. 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.