BlockOld Reed Place, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marathon census division. The Survey maps it on the Pena Blanca Mountains quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1920 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Marathon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Pena Blanca Mountains quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alpine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Old Reed Place in 2014, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I10 GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Old Reed Place: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockhausen | Barium-Barite | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite |
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 Edith Lochausen Place | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Louis Granger Place | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Old Corbett Place | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Haymond | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| McFarland Place | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Walker Place | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fourmile Crossing | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Kriebaum Place | 9.0 miles | 11 |
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 Q122542034 | 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 1378800. 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.