BlockOld Parker Place, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marathon census division. It lies near Walnut Draw. The Survey maps it on the Hess Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1923 USGS Hess Canyon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Hess Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Old Parker Place between 2006 and 2011, burning about 88,523 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2006 | Natural | 1,122 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBBERS ROOST |
| 9 May 2011 | Natural | 87,401 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRON MOUNTAIN 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Oscar Nance Place | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Beatty Place | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Youngblood Place | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hovey | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Edwards Place | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mitchell Place | 17.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ansley Place | 17.3 miles | 12 | |
| Old Beekley Place | 18.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q122542487 | 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 1380300. 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.