BlockJohnfarris, 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 79241. The Survey maps it on the Wilson Creek 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 Wilson Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Johnfarris between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,645 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2015 | Natural | 65 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 August 2015 | Natural | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH PLAINS GRASS FIRE |
| 31 July 2006 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLOYD CO FIRE |
| 7 June 2018 | Natural | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROGER VENSON |
| 20 May 2006 | Natural | 220 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 December 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 21 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 310 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Plains | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Cedar Hill | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Gray Mule | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Fairmont | 8.3 miles | 7 | |
| Sterley | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Lone Star | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Lockney | 13.9 miles | 7 | |
| Muncy | 14.3 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 Q122568213 | 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 1380007. 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.