BlockMagwalt, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kermit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79745. The Survey maps it on the Vesrue quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Pecos quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Vesrue quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Magwalt between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,096 acres in total. None 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 | 37 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 133 NORTH TRUCK ROUTE |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLUE LANDFILL #4 |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD DUMP |
| 20 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD CABOT PLANT |
| 20 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BASS 1218 |
| 13 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 BLOCK LOCUST |
| 10 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE#16 |
| 4 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 107 @ FM 875 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vesrue | 1.4 miles | 7 | |
| Cheyenne | 4.3 miles | 7 | |
| Kermit | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Wink | 12.1 miles | 7 | |
| Cowden Place | 21.4 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 Q122541038 | 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 1380130. 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.