BlockLuke Wilson, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Holliday census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76366. The Survey maps it on the Archer City NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1931 USGS Archer City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Archer City NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
101 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Luke Wilson between 2006 and 2020, burning about 26,158 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 5 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOE HOWARD'S LAND |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLEMAN ROAD |
| 20 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUFF ROAD FIRE |
| 12 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BERRYMAN FIRE |
| 8 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLEMAN ROAD |
| 7 August 2010 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHALK HILL GRASS FIRE |
| 6 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARTER ROAD FIRE |
| 31 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dads Corner | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lakeside City | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Archer City | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hartex | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Holliday | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Windthorst | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Mankins | 13.8 miles | 7 |
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 Q122568404 | 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 1380116. 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.