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Hillard, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Panhandle census division. The Survey maps it on the McBride quadrangle.

Hillard within Carson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

156 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Hillard between 2004 and 2020, burning about 507,957 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 were 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/undetermined70
Power generation/transmission/distribution41
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDCP FIRE
29 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEST 3RD CEDAR FIRE
24 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceYET AGAIN
20 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUDDY ROAD
2 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHANG'EM HIGH FIRE
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service46 FIRE
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBREAKS FIRE
15 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBREALES FIRE

Every fire recorded in Carson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hillard: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Borger Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Baker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dees and ParkerSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Carson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
McBride7.5 miles7
Deal8.5 miles8
Wilhelm10.8 miles8
Skellytown12.3 miles6
Pomeroy12.3 miles7
Cargray14.0 miles6
Abell14.9 miles6
Cuyler16.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379934. 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.