BlockRaymond, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Henrietta census division. The Survey maps it on the Wichita Falls East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wichita Falls East quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Wichita Falls East quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Wichita Falls East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
205 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Raymond between 2005 and 2020, burning about 6,462 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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 | 104 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIPPECANOE CONTROL BURN |
| 5 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MESQUITE RANCH FIRE |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CB GRASS FIRE M/A DEAN |
| 22 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUE LANE GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REST AREA FIRE |
| 16 September 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DILLARD RANCH FIRE 16 |
| 16 September 2017 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DILLARD RANCH FIRE |
| 13 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOHAWK FIRE |
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.
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 Raymond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q127705247 | 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 1380417. 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.