Rockwell Place, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Amarillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79015. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo Stadium quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Buffalo Stadium quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
284 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Rockwell Place between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,471 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 144 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 51 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1023 |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 42 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WASHINGTON |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-748 |
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-27 AND MCCORMICK |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I27 |
| 25 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCORMICK |
| 22 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1184 |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-725 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Timbercreek Canyon | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Palisades | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Tanglewood | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Zita | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cleta | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Umbarger | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ogg | 14.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805837. 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.



