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Magoun, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Follett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79034. The Survey maps it on the Magoun quadrangle.

Magoun within Lipscomb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

18 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Magoun between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,773 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2008Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUCE PLACE
3 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4W FOLLETT
14 July 2009Natural15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST OF ROBERT ACRE'S
14 July 2009Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE ON CLINTON BORN'S
1 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRADSHAW
31 May 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGADBERRY REKINDLE
23 May 2010Natural35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDONNIE TODDS GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lipscomb County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Magoun: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Follett7.0 miles6
Sherlock11.2 miles6
Lipscomb16.0 miles6
Darrouzett16.2 miles6
Higgins17.7 miles6
Twin Grove21.7 miles6
Gaylord22.0 miles6
Coburn22.3 miles6

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 Q122593168The 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 1380129. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.