Fowlkes, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Iowa Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76367. The Survey maps it on the Fowlkes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1916 USGS Fowlkes quadrangle1:24000
- 1919 USGS Fowlkes quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Fowlkes quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Fowlkes between 2005 and 2020, burning about 13,386 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 46 |
| 8 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2384/BYRD RD |
| 8 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAZY J ROAD 3 |
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIDWAY CHURCH |
| 2 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 41 |
| 17 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020030 |
| 14 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 174 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAZY J #2 |
| 1 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2019014 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electra | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Haynesville | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Valley View | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Iowa Park | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kadane Corner | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Kamay | 9.5 miles | 7 | |
| Clara | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 13.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379798. 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.





