Mayer, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Amarillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79107. The Survey maps it on the Mayer quadrangle. It stands 3,629 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Mayer quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
184 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Mayer between 2006 and 2020, burning about 28,445 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 117 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-13505 |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-13519 |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OWENS CORNING |
| 10 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-13121 |
| 3 August 2018 | Natural | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALABATES |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-12214 |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCGERE |
| 12 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-11649 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dumas Junction | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pullman | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Juilliard | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Amarillo | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Francis | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Gluck | 8.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q21850847 | 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 1380157. 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.



