BlockMorse Junction, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stinnett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79062. The Survey maps it on the Morse quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Morse quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spearman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Morse Junction between 2006 and 2018, burning about 2,641 acres in total. 6 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JARVIS GRASS FIRE |
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL |
| 16 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TREE |
| 7 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORNFIELD FIRE |
| 22 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTAL AID |
| 5 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2006 | Natural | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pringle | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Holt | 12.9 miles | 6 | |
| Stinnett | 14.3 miles | 6 | |
| Dial | 16.8 miles | 6 | |
| Plemons | 18.2 miles | 8 | |
| Stekoll Camp | 18.2 miles | 6 | |
| Oil City | 19.8 miles | 9 | |
| Electric City | 22.4 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 Q122561942 | 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 1380214. 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.