BlockMount Blanco, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Crosbyton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79322. The Survey maps it on the Mount Blanco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Mount Blanco quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Mount Blanco between 2006 and 2016, burning about 601 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 August 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS COUNTY LINE |
| 3 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TERRY KIRK BLANCO |
| 17 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 January 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1363227. 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.