BlockSandlin, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Aspermont North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79502. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Old Glory quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1925 USGS Aspermont 4-a quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Aspermont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Old Glory quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Aspermont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Sandlin between 2011 and 2018, burning about 9,593 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1263FIRE |
| 19 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCK CREEK FIRE |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLORADO BUCK FIRE |
| 10 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLSON FIRE |
| 10 January 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOBBY MCGOUGH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sandlin: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farris Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | 1876, 1931, 1970 | |
| Salt Fork-2 | Copper | Occurrence | 1876 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geneview | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Two F Crossing | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Old Glory | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Aspermont | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Swenson | 10.6 miles | 6 | |
| Flat Top | 14.4 miles | 9 | |
| Peacock | 15.5 miles | 6 | |
| Double Mountain | 17.0 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122588873 | 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 2034998. 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.