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North Abilene, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hawley-Noodle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79601. The Survey maps it on the Hawley quadrangle.

North Abilene within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

192 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of North Abilene between 2005 and 2020, burning about 805 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Debris and open burning57
Equipment and vehicle use26
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOVERLAND
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3308 SHERRY LN
5 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2934 OLD ANSON RD
5 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUCKLEBERRY
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKENNEL FIRE
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 277
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 20 MM 281 AND WEST STAMFORD ST.
29 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15-038

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of North Abilene: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Abilene Brick Co PitClayProducer
Kendall-1CopperOccurrence1916
Plant No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jones County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hawley5.2 miles15
Hodges6.1 miles15
Fort Phantom Hill (historical)7.6 miles12
Phantom Hill8.4 miles12
Stith9.3 miles12
Truby10.8 miles12
Nugent11.6 miles12
Funston14.4 miles11

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 Q122563581The 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 1378765. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.