BlockPlainview, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the El Campo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77455. The Survey maps it on the El Campo SE quadrangle. It stands 92 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Campo SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 2008 and 2009, burning about 242 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1700 S. MEADOW LN. |
| 8 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1081 CR 309 |
| 18 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillje | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Louise | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| El Campo | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Danevang | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Round Mott | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pierce | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jones Creek | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hahn | 12.2 miles | 8 |
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 Plainview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18158366 | 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 1380368. 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.