BlockGarfield, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yorktown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78164. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Garfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Garfield between 2006 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES COUNTY LINE |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERT CULLPEPPER |
| 31 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANK KOZIELSKI RD. |
| 30 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON OIL SITE WINGNUT LEO NELSON RD. |
| 28 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TEXAS DEPT. OF TRANS. |
| 15 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOVELL BLAIN |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELLEN ANN VICKERS |
| 8 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | 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 Garfield: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finch-Hartman Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Korth-Hartman-Finch Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Davy | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Old Davy | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Cotton Patch | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Gruenau | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Nopal | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Nordheim | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Kubala Store | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Yorktown | 9.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379824. 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.