Las Lulas, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marfa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79843. It stands on Hot Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pueblo Nuevo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1896 USGS San Carlos quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Marfa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Marfa quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Pueblo Nuevo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marfa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Las Lulas between 2010 and 2011, burning about 300 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUIDOSA FIRE |
| 20 February 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruidosa | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Pueblo Nuevo | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Candelaria | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Chaffin Place | 13.0 miles | 12 | |
| Chinati | 14.7 miles | 11 | |
| Adobes | 19.9 miles | 11 | |
| Borrachio | 21.9 miles | 11 | |
| Indio | 22.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q122554066 | 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 1378563. 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.




