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Sherlock, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Follett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79034. The Survey maps it on the Follett quadrangle.

Sherlock within Lipscomb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

34 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Sherlock between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,704 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15@Y
2 August 2016Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceST. JOHN GRASS FIRE
18 August 2010Arson/incendiarism30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJIMMY SCHEER'S PLACE
15 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceXCEL FIRE
1 August 2011Natural120 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBCMA2
4 July 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 15 BETWEEN CR 20 AND 21
25 July 2012Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLYNN BORN'S

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lipscomb County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Follett4.4 miles6
Darrouzett5.3 miles6
Magoun11.2 miles6
Gaylord11.5 miles6
Twin Grove13.9 miles6
Lipscomb14.9 miles6
Booker16.6 miles6
Barton Corners20.9 miles6

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 SherlockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q85847196The 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 1380529. 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.