BlockIrwin, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1965. It stands in the Dalhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79022. The Survey maps it on the Wilco NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Wilco NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Irwin between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,088 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONLEN |
| 12 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14 EAST HWY 54 |
| 11 September 2005 | Natural | 18 acres | Cibola National Forest | STAFFORD |
| 23 August 2010 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORBITT RD |
| 17 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAMBIRLIN #2 |
| 16 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAMBIRLIN |
| 15 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 June 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAMBERLAIN RD |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379989. 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.