BlockPlains Junction, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Estelline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79233. The Survey maps it on the Estelline quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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
- 1961 USGS Estelline quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Estelline quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Plains Junction between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,569 acres in total. 5 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ESTELLINE CORD 31 |
| 21 August 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADLEY RANCH #2 |
| 21 August 2010 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADLEY RANCH #1 |
| 12 August 2019 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CURTIS SCRIVNER |
| 6 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RESTART FROM TRUCK FIRE |
| 26 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10 SOUTH 287 R&R |
| 10 July 2020 | Natural | 204 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARKER CREEK |
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.
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 Q122564933 | 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 1380367. 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.