BlockGermania, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Midland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79706. The Survey maps it on the Germania quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Germania quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Germania between 2005 and 2015, burning about 3,917 acres in total. 3 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARUTHE FIRE |
| 28 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NCR1070ECR89 |
| 20 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COWBOY CHURCH FIRE |
| 31 August 2010 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12300 FIRE |
| 3 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDEFUR A FIRE |
| 2 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AVERY FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chub | 5.1 miles | 6 | |
| Midland | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ridgeheights | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sandy Acres | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cotton Flat | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Spraberry | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Bounce | 14.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378350. 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.