BlockJayell, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Baird census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79504. The Survey maps it on the Jayell 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.
- 1931 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Jayell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Jayell between 2004 and 2020, burning about 658 acres in total. 5 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 | 80 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UPRR BAIRD |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 311 I-20 EAST |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I20 GRASS FIRES |
| 23 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 440 EUGENE |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Natural | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUTCHINSON |
| 20 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SNYDER |
| 20 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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.
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 Q122554244 | 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 1378493. 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.