Gaylord, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Booker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79005. The Survey maps it on the Gaylord quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Gaylord quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Gaylord between 2006 and 2020, burning about 504 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 6 CR H |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAMIREZ |
| 26 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 9 |
| 23 July 2011 | Natural | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WIENETT |
| 22 July 2017 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILIPS |
| 16 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EXCEL153W |
| 9 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4 FIRE |
| 4 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD DARROUZETT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booker | 5.2 miles | 6 | |
| Darrouzett | 6.1 miles | 6 | |
| Twin Grove | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Sherlock | 11.5 miles | 6 | |
| Follett | 15.9 miles | 6 | |
| Barton Corners | 16.6 miles | 6 | |
| Lipscomb | 17.0 miles | 6 | |
| Magoun | 22.0 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379828. 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.



