BlockJud, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rochester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79544. The Survey maps it on the Jud 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Jud quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Haskell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Jud between 2005 and 2019, burning about 3,319 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAR DITCH FIRE FM2407 |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUD HIGHWAY BAR DITCH FIRE |
| 31 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETERS LAND |
| 22 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUD PASTURE FIRE |
| 20 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE EVERETT |
| 10 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUGG 2279 |
| 26 July 2005 | Natural | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jud: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Canyon-2 | Copper | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Salt Fork-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1876 |
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 2034991. 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.