BlockKingsmill, 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
59 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Kingsmill between 2001 and 2020, burning about 4,466 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
| 30 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAWKINS |
| 1 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH CHESTER 1 FIRE |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLE FIRE |
| 19 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOT YOKE GRASS FIRE |
| 12 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUTHARDT GRASS FIRE |
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 Camp | 1.1 miles | 6 | |
| Pampa | 6.2 miles | 5 | |
| Mesilla Park | 7.8 miles | 5 | |
| Bowers City | 8.9 miles | 6 | |
| Hoover | 13.3 miles | 5 | |
| Heaton | 13.9 miles | 5 | |
| Lefors | 13.9 miles | 5 | |
| Wesco | 16.2 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380032. 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.