BlockGageby, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It lies in ZIP code area 79014. The Survey maps it on the Briscoe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Briscoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Gageby between 2006 and 2020, burning about 5,178 acres in total. 13 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 | 34 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HELTON |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEEK |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 77-12 |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARK MEEK |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORN |
| 28 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B&B FINSTERWALD |
| 28 August 2018 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLIPPER |
| 21 August 2019 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | G MEEK RANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briscoe | 3.6 miles | 5 | |
| New Mobeetie | 8.1 miles | 5 | |
| Mobeetie | 9.1 miles | 5 | |
| Wheeler | 12.6 miles | 6 | |
| Allison | 12.7 miles | 5 | |
| Magic City | 18.2 miles | 6 | |
| Bellco | 18.8 miles | 6 | |
| Kellerville | 19.2 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379817. 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.