BlockJumbo, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dimmitt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79045. The Survey maps it on the Jumbo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Jumbo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hereford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Jumbo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,373 acres in total. 1 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LUKE SMITH |
| 5 May 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLSEN |
| 21 May 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016-23 |
| 15 February 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARQUEZ |
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 1380017. 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.