BlockPinkerton, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rule census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79547. The Survey maps it on the Pinkerton quadrangle.
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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pinkerton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Haskell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Pinkerton between 2005 and 2017, burning about 789 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURNER PIVOT FIRE |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAR DITCH |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUD HIGHWAY BAR DITCH FIRE |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2006 | Natural | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EASTERLING COTTON FIRE |
| 15 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLE HOUSE TRASH PIT |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380362. 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.