BlockSkinner Town, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Corrigan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75939. It stands on Lower Sulphur Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wakefield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Skinner Town between 1992 and 2018, burning about 676 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 860 |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 907 |
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | 5.0 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 Skinner Town: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Silica | Past 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.
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 Q122551579 | 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 1380552. 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.