BlockBefore

Las Vegas, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Big Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78830. The Survey maps it on the Las Vegas quadrangle.

Las Vegas within Dimmit County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Las Vegas between 2005 and 2009, burning about 1,470 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use90 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 March 2008Arson/incendiarism400 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCKIN ROBIN
30 March 2009Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUACH RANCH ON HWY 85 EAST
23 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dimmit County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Big Wells4.5 miles8
Valley Wells4.8 miles13
Brundage9.7 miles8
Kearny14.4 miles12
Catarina15.4 miles12
Asherton16.1 miles10
Carrizo Hill18.3 miles9
Carrizo Hills Colonia18.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380062. 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.