BlockMesilla Park, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Pampa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79065. The Survey maps it on the Pampa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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
- 1963 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Mesilla Park between 2006 and 2019, burning about 633 acres in total. 1 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201570 |
| 29 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014102 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201556 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201557 |
| 16 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014081 |
| 10 May 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014067 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pampa | 2.1 miles | 5 | |
| Hoover | 5.7 miles | 5 | |
| Kingsmill Camp | 6.7 miles | 6 | |
| Heaton | 7.7 miles | 5 | |
| Kingsmill | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Bowers City | 10.3 miles | 6 | |
| Lefors | 11.8 miles | 5 | |
| Wesco | 13.6 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1362649. 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.