BlockLee, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Panhandle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79068. The Survey maps it on the Panhandle West 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 Panhandle West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Lee between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,761 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2017 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 293 AND FM 2373 |
| 22 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2373 FIRE CALL 48 |
| 27 May 2006 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 May 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 60 & COUNTY ROAD L GRASS FIRE RR TIE |
| 17 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREY COUNTY FIRE |
| 22 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | 287R |
| 12 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2373 STRUCTURE CALL |
| 30 December 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR D 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380072. 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.