BlockKingsmill Camp, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79065. The Survey maps it on the Kingsmill 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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Kingsmill quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Kingsmill Camp between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,426 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201570 |
| 27 September 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014102 |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLE FIRE |
| 19 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD MC CONNELL |
| 31 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014081 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsmill | 1.1 miles | 6 | |
| Pampa | 5.1 miles | 5 | |
| Mesilla Park | 6.7 miles | 5 | |
| Bowers City | 8.6 miles | 6 | |
| Hoover | 12.1 miles | 5 | |
| Heaton | 12.9 miles | 5 | |
| Lefors | 13.3 miles | 5 | |
| Wesco | 15.5 miles | 5 |
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 Q122562313 | 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 1374384. 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.