BlockPlata, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Marfa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79843. It stands on Dunman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plata NE quadrangle. It stands 3,780 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1896 USGS Shafter quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Plata NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Presidio quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Plata in 2008, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Piedra | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Shafter | 15.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tinaja | 21.7 miles | 14 | |
| Las Pampas Colonia | 22.6 miles | 12 | |
| Chaffin Place | 24.4 miles | 12 | |
| Papalote Colorado | 26.5 miles | 11 | |
| Papalote Escondido | 27.6 miles | 16 | |
| Loma Pelona | 28.0 miles | 13 |
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 Plata | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7202142 | 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 1380371. 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.