BlockPaynes Corner, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Seminole census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79360. The Survey maps it on the Paynes Corner quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Hobbs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Paynes Corner quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Seminole quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seminole quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
97 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Paynes Corner between 2006 and 2020, burning about 9,504 acres in total. 11 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 5 September 2010 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BON FIRE |
| 24 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminole | 8.0 miles | 6 | |
| Fairview | 13.8 miles | 6 | |
| State Line | 14.3 miles | 6 | |
| Higginbotham | 16.0 miles | 6 | |
| Seagraves | 19.4 miles | 6 | |
| Loop | 24.0 miles | 6 | |
| White City | 29.8 miles | 6 | |
| Ashmore | 30.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378842. 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.