BlockNorth Groesbeck, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quanah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79252. The Survey maps it on the North Groesbeck quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Goodlett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS North Groesbeck quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of North Groesbeck between 2006 and 2019, burning about 3,660 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2015 | Smoking | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALE |
| 13 September 2015 | Natural | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ABERNATHY |
| 14 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 210 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALL RD |
| 29 July 2008 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1166 FIRE |
| 16 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 850 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARKANSAS RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Carnes | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Talbert Crossing | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Goodlett | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Acme (historical) | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wheatland | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Willowview | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Punkin Center | 9.2 miles | 10 |
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 Q122554271 | 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 1380263. 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.