BlockMcKeichan Crossing, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Throckmorton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76483. It stands on Sibley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sibley Creek quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Reynolds Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Haskell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of McKeichan Crossing between 2005 and 2019, burning about 2,482 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2015 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAMBSHEAD FIRE |
| 18 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2006 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 295 FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Crossing | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bartholomew Crossing | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Gentry Crossing | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hayford Crossing | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Paint Crossing | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dug Ford | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| M K Crossing | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Woodson | 10.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q122563014 | 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 1378655. 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.