Punkin Center, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76087. It stands on Underwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Weatherford quadrangle.
On record in Punkin Center
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Byron Farmsteadlisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1932 USGS Springtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lake Weatherford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Punkin Center between 2005 and 2019, burning about 408 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 were 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 | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEER PATH |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH LAKE |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 982 JOHNSON BEND |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 396 MM E I 20 |
| 13 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201 DORRIS COURT |
| 6 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | G&L |
| 24 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TACKETT CT |
| 2 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 180 ANNETTA ROAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Point | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hudson Oaks | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Wampler | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Earls | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Weatherford | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Annetta North | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Dicey | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Willow Park | 4.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1344632. 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.






