BlockGirlstown USA, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Whiteface census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79379. The Survey maps it on the West of Sundown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Plains 1 NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS West of Sundown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Girlstown USA between 2005 and 2019, burning about 6,694 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 | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GIRLS TOWN FIRE |
| 20 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 640 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAGEBRUSH |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDCAT RD |
| 16 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON |
| 16 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Girlstown USA: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slaughter Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteface | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Lehman | 13.4 miles | 7 | |
| Morton | 18.1 miles | 7 | |
| Famuliner | 18.8 miles | 7 | |
| Star Route (historical) | 22.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bledsoe | 23.3 miles | 5 | |
| Neely Ward | 24.0 miles | 7 | |
| Griffith | 28.4 miles | 5 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122569051 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034847. 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.