BlockNew Lynn, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tahoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79373. The Survey maps it on the New Lynn 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
- 1970 USGS New Lynn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Slaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of New Lynn between 2007 and 2013, burning about 1,015 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 18 & AA |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 3 E OF 380 & 3 NORTH |
| 5 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY/GRASS FIRE |
| 5 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 7 E ON 380 |
| 3 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 20 & FM 1054 |
| 3 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TAHOKA MUTUAL AID |
| 24 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5 EAST 380 GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Lynn in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2019: 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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.
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 Q122588751 | 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 1380249. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.