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Stanfield, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Byers-Petrolia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76365. The Survey maps it on the Terral quadrangle.

Stanfield within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

16 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Stanfield between 2006 and 2017, burning about 4,422 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMADDOX FIRE
19 September 2011Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMADDOX ROAD
6 August 2012Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIVELY FIRE
12 August 2011Natural60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service98TH MERIDIAN & 2332
10 August 2014Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIVERLAND RD
16 July 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIVERLAND
28 June 2008Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 June 2012Arson/incendiarism13 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENNRY FIRE/ 98TH MERIDIAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stanfield: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanfield in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1999Thunderstorm WindStanfield$30,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Hurnville9.0 miles8
Huggins9.9 miles8
Edwards10.0 miles8
Walton10.6 miles8
Byers12.2 miles10
Petrolia12.7 miles10
Henrietta14.7 miles8
Frame15.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380928. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.