Heaton, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Lefors census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79065. The Survey maps it on the Hoover quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hoover quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Heaton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,586 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014103 |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LH WEBB |
| 2 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 292020 |
| 11 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 610 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PIG |
| 8 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013046 |
| 6 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover | 3.9 miles | 5 | |
| Lefors | 7.7 miles | 5 | |
| Mesilla Park | 7.7 miles | 5 | |
| Pampa | 8.1 miles | 5 | |
| Wesco | 8.3 miles | 5 | |
| Laketon | 9.3 miles | 5 | |
| Bowers City | 10.6 miles | 6 | |
| Kingsmill Camp | 12.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379915. 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.



