BlockGray Mule, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lockney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79255. It lies near Long Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Quitaque quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Quitaque quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Gray Mule between 2006 and 2020, burning about 6,874 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENSON |
| 20 August 2019 | Natural | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLE CANYON RANCH |
| 14 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 34 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2016 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 21 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLIVER CLARK |
| 21 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLOYD CO FIRE |
| 31 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1065 AND CR 76 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Johnfarris | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cedar Hill | 11.6 miles | 7 | |
| South Plains | 12.2 miles | 7 | |
| Sterley | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lone Star | 17.1 miles | 7 | |
| Lockney | 21.6 miles | 7 | |
| Muncy | 22.0 miles | 7 |
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 Q122561877 | 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 1379854. 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.