BlockKing, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dalhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79022. The Survey maps it on the King 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 Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS King quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hartley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of King between 2006 and 2019, burning about 5,014 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2 WEST OF CO RD L ON HWY 54 |
| 18 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20 WEST HWY 54 |
| 1 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 54 WEST |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 54 WEST ROW |
| 25 August 2009 | Natural | 163 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TAYLOR RANCH |
| 23 August 2010 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD L |
| 14 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of King: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Hwy Pit No. 60-34-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 1380031. 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.