BlockPlemons, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stinnett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79083. The Survey maps it on the Plemons quadrangle. It stands 2,740 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 Plemons quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Borger quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Plemons between 2004 and 2020, burning about 14,552 acres in total. 9 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 | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | REALLY |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARLEY |
| 1 August 2011 | Natural | 3,200 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | TURKEY TRACK 2 |
| 5 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5TH FIRE |
| 27 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANOTHER HARVEY |
| 22 July 2017 | Natural | 8,300 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | BOWERS RANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stekoll Camp | 4.0 miles | 6 | |
| Dial | 4.4 miles | 6 | |
| Stinnett | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Phillips | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Electric City | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Borger | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Oil City | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Texroy | 11.5 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 Plemons | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7204519 | 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 1380381. 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.