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Masterson, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dumas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79058. The Survey maps it on the Masterson quadrangle. It stands 3,704 feet above sea level.

Masterson within Moore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Masterson between 1993 and 2020, burning about 68,049 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUTCHER546
29 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresLake Meredith National Recreation AreaYANTIS
21 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH MASTERSON 648
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLUE KNOIGHT
31 July 1993Naturalunder an acreLake Meredith National Recreation AreaHAGY-2
31 July 1993Natural60 acresLake Meredith National Recreation AreaHAGY-1
30 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRFLATS
6 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOORE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Moore County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Masterson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Helium. 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
U S Bureau of Mines OperationHeliumProducer

Every working recorded in Moore County

Storms near this place

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Masterson in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 19 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMasterson$10,000Powerlines reported down.
March 2017HailMasterson-Heavy nickel sized hail along with torrential rain and zero visibility fog.
May 2016HailMasterson-Quarter size hail was reported 1 mile north of Masterson.
May 2016HailMasterson-Quarter size hail fell in Masterson.
April 2015HailMasterson-Half dollar size hail occurred 4 miles east of Masterson.
August 2006Flash FloodMasterson-Up to one foot of water reported on U.S. Highway 87 near Masterson. Water was accumulating in a dip or low part in the highway and cars were stopping rapidly upon encountering the water. Law enforcement dispatcher reported that Farm to Market Roads 722 and 2202 were both flooded but not closed.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Masterson-The tornado occurred over open country and no damage was reported. A couple of trees were reported to be knocked over along with downed powerlines. The tornado path length and width were estimated.
June 1997HailMasterson-Report on FM 1913 south from Highway 152. Hail was covering the road.
April 2022HailMasterson-no account filed
May 2017HailMasterson-no account filed
June 2007HailMasterson-no account filed
June 2003HailMasterson-no account filed
April 2001HailMasterson-no account filed
April 2001HailMasterson-no account filed
August 2000HailMasterson-no account filed
April 1999HailMasterson-no account filed
May 1997HailMasterson-no account filed
May 1997HailMasterson-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMasterson-no account filed
June 1996HailMasterson-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMasterson-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindMasterson-no account filed
September 1996HailMasterson-no account filed
May 1994HailMasterson-no account filed
June 1994HailMasterson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Moore County

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
Exell0.8 miles9
Four Way3.8 miles9
Bautista6.7 miles6
Stallwitz Lake12.4 miles6
Middlewell12.5 miles6
Dumas15.9 miles6
Machovec21.3 miles6
Sheerin23.5 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.

Wikipedia article on MastersonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6785498The 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 1362269. 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.

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.