BlockParsley Hill, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lockett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76384. The Survey maps it on the Rayland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Rayland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Parsley Hill between 2008 and 2014, burning about 333 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCKETT FIRE |
| 8 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13101 HWY 70 FIRE |
| 29 July 2011 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THALIA FIRE |
| 21 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HASELOFF |
| 29 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 73 S FIRE |
| 20 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 75 FIRE |
| 19 June 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockett | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Farmers Valley | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hoot and Holler Crossing | 11.1 miles | 7 | |
| Vernon | 11.3 miles | 9 | |
| Midway Crossing | 12.1 miles | 7 | |
| Tolbert | 12.4 miles | 10 | |
| Grayback | 13.3 miles | 7 | |
| Hinds | 14.3 miles | 9 |
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 Q122596896 | 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 2034969. 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.