BlockSheerin, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Dumas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79086. The Survey maps it on the Dumas North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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
- 1965 USGS Dumas North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Borger quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Sheerin between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,637 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 721 FIRE |
| 10 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAXUS ROAD FIRE |
| 12 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ENERGY TRANSFER FLARE FIRE |
| 20 May 2006 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 281 EAST |
| 20 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TEXAS BEEF |
| 9 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KIMBREL FIELD FIRE |
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 Sheerin: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Potassium, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKee Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Potash Company of America | Potassium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheerin Junction | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Sunray | 4.4 miles | 6 | |
| Bryden | 5.3 miles | 6 | |
| Machovec | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Etter | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Cactus | 8.5 miles | 6 | |
| Dumas | 8.7 miles | 6 | |
| Stallwitz Lake | 13.1 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 Q122567581 | 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 1380527. 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.