BlockPunkin Center, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eastland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76435. The Survey maps it on the Carbon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1894 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Carbon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Punkin Center between 2005 and 2018, burning about 3,851 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 6 FIRE EAST |
| 1 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HANNA #1 |
| 8 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 315 FIRE |
| 7 July 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEY |
| 27 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 54 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORSE CREEK |
| 22 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378918. 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.