BlockLahey, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brownfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79316. The Survey maps it on the Foster quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Foster quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lahey between 2006 and 2014, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 September 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 385 & 303 |
| 2 July 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2 SOUTH ON FM 403 |
| 10 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 2011 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2 SOUTH ON 137 |
| 20 April 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAIN TRACKS #2 |
| 20 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 SOUTH ON 62/385 |
| 18 April 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAIN TRACKS #1 |
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 1378551. 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.