BlockPaloduro, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Claude South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79226. It lies near Mitchell Peak. The Survey maps it on the Paloduro quadrangle.
On record in Paloduro
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
J A RanchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.0 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 5 records
- J A Ranch Headquarters, Bunk House / Mess Hall, Palodurofederal building survey, 3 photographs
- J A Ranch Headquarters, Corrals, Palodurofederal building survey, 3 photographs
- J A Ranch Headquarters, Main House, Palodurofederal building survey, 9 photographs
- J A Ranch Headquarters, Palodurofederal building survey, 1 photograph
- J A Ranch Headquarters, Post Office, Palodurofederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Paloduro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tulia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
4 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Paloduro between 2002 and 2017, burning about 4,235 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2017 | Natural | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JA RANCH - LIGHTNING |
| 5 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGH PLAINS - 1 |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Paloduro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110612674 | 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 1364737. 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.