BlockOld Christian Place, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Van Horn Rural census division. The Survey maps it on the Two Mill Draw West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Van Horn quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Two Mill Draw West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Guadalupe Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guadalupe Peak quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Old Christian Place in 2011, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 652 |
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 652-PIPELINE FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Old Christian Place: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weigel Prospect | Sulfur | Occurrence | Stratabound |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grisham Pumping Station | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ort | 17.3 miles | 8 | |
| Pezuna del Caballo | 22.2 miles | 7 | |
| Levinson | 31.7 miles | 9 | |
| Boracho | 32.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kent | 32.7 miles | 8 | |
| State Line | 34.3 miles | 6 | |
| Nickel Creek Station | 36.1 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380293. 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.