BlockMidway, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76531. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Hamilton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,444 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVID TERRELL |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATSON |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Schoolerville | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Gentrys Mill | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shive | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pottsville | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Springtown | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Springdale | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Aleman | 9.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378672. 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.