BlockSpringers Ranch, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Canadian South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79014. It stands on Boggy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Marvin 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
5 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
- 1972 USGS Lake Marvin quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Lake Marvin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Springers Ranch (historical) between 2004 and 2011, burning about 7,141 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ED SHANNON |
| 13 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 119 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARRY ALLIS PARNELL |
| 13 July 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANDERSON RANCH |
| 11 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W. BIG BULL |
| 15 June 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALT MOORE |
| 2 May 2006 | Natural | 1,920 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN C. ISAAC'S |
| 19 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5,000 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | GENE HOWE |
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 2034893. 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.