Old Tascosa, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Vega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79010. It stands on Tascosa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boys Ranch West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Old Tascosa within Oldham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

1954 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Boys Ranch West quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Hartley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

20 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Old Tascosa (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 27,648 acres in total. 1 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	9
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	2
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	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
21 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LS RANCH
12 July 2011	Natural	250 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LIT RANCH
11 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ASSIST BOYS RANCH WITH SMITH FIRE
16 June 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	214 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LIT
12 June 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BOYS RANCH (180612085)
4 March 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	50 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LS RANCH
25 March 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	80 MM FIRE
17 March 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	100 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LIT FIRE BR ASSIST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oldham 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 Old Tascosa (historical): 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
State Hwy Pit No. 57-22-S	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Judd Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
State Hwy Pit No. 57-23-F	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Tascosa Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Oldham 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Boys Ranch	0.1 miles	6
Tascosa	1.4 miles	6
Hollicott Crossing	6.6 miles	6
Murdo	7.4 miles	6
Old Farm Crossing	18.3 miles	6
Strip Crossing	21.2 miles	6
Everett	21.4 miles	6
Vega	21.9 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2646624. 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.