BlockMcBride, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Panhandle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79068. The Survey maps it on the McBride 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.
- 1953 USGS McBride quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Borger quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of McBride between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,458 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHARLIE SANFORD FIRE |
| 3 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | DOVE |
| 29 July 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR D 10 MI S OF FRITCH |
| 24 July 2017 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 207 AND SOUTH 6666 SOUTH CAMP RD |
| 22 July 2017 | Natural | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6666 RANCH ROAD WEST 6 MILES |
| 25 June 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | BABY |
| 25 June 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2017 | Natural | 37 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MA @ 6666'S |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McBride in 2 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 2 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Hail | McBride | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | McBride | - | no account filed |
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 1380162. 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.
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.