BlockMalden, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Claude South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79019. The Survey maps it on the Claude quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1960 USGS Claude quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Claude quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Malden between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4,922 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWAY 287 & FM 1151 |
| 30 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWAY 207 & CHARLIE RD. |
| 29 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287 & CR 26 |
| 29 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1151 & CO. RD. 20 |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARMSTRONG ASSIST FIRE |
| 20 August 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWAY 207 & CHARLIE RD. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1889877. 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.