BlockSoldiers Mound, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Spur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79370. The Survey maps it on the Dickens South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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
- 1967 USGS Dickens South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dickens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Soldiers Mound (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 763 acres in total. 8 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JIM BOB HORN |
| 2 September 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREG ARNOLD |
| 11 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAR FIRE |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DR. CAVE |
| 5 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOBBY GREER |
| 3 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUTLER |
| 10 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR372/CR335 (OSBURN) |
| 30 July 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GLORIA LEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034907. 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.