BlockFourmile Crossing, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marathon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79842. The Survey maps it on the Marathon quadrangle.
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.
- 1920 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Fourmile Crossing between 2006 and 2009, burning about 6 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MC KNIGHT |
| 18 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARCIA-GONZALES |
| 28 January 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fourmile Crossing: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Iron | |
| Marathon Plant | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Place | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Shoemaker Place | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Old Beekley Place | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mitchell Place | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Marathon | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ansley Place | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Louis Granger Place | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Causey Place | 4.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378319. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.