BlockMagic City, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Shamrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79079. The Survey maps it on the Pakan 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
- 1962 USGS Pakan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Shamrock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Magic City between 2006 and 2019, burning about 4,484 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALL/KELLERVILLE FIRE |
| 14 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 265 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 67-2015 |
| 17 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 672019 |
| 21 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 582018 |
| 17 July 2009 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HYLAND WEAVER |
| 12 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 May 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAGIC CITY |
| 29 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHIPLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magic City in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Hail | Magic City | - | no account filed |
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 1362071. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.