Lenox, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marathon census division. It lies near Payne Draw. The Survey maps it on the Dugout Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1920 USGS Monument Spring quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Monument Spring quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dugout Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lenox between 2008 and 2015, burning about 656 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAISANO GRASS FIRE |
| 23 April 2008 | Natural | 650 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAST HWY 90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altuda | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Marathon | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Old Beekley Place | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Beatty Place | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fourmile Crossing | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Edwards Place | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mitchell Place | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Louis Granger Place | 12.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378578. 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.






