BlockLemley, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76088. The Survey maps it on the Garner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Garner quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
244 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Lemley between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,122 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 | 112 |
| Debris and open burning | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 713 GREENWOOD CUT OFF ROAD |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9000 BLOCK MINERAL WELLS HIGHWAY |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W LAMBERT |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 920 & ANGUS DRIVE |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 425 CLARK LAKE ROAD |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4402 MINERAL WELLS HIGHWAY |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 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.
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 Q122569633 | 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 1378576. 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.