BlockRoosevelt, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Slaton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79403. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo Springs Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Buffalo Springs Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Roosevelt between 2006 and 2014, burning about 54 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 272 & FM 831 |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 835 GRASSFIRE |
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANSOM GRASS FIRE |
| 23 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 19 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROLLED BURN |
| 12 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 400 FIRE |
| 28 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Roosevelt: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H L Stafford Const Co Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acuff | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Canyon | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ransom Canyon | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Buffalo Springs Lake | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Kitalou | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Idalou | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Burris | 6.8 miles | 11 |
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 Roosevelt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7366394 | 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 1366847. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.