BlockState Line, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Van Horn Rural census division. The Survey maps it on the South Rector Canyon quadrangle.
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 Van Horn quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS South Rector Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Guadalupe Peak quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guadalupe Peak quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of State Line between 1992 and 2019, burning about 190 acres in total. 4 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 | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Roswell Field Office | NATURAL 3 |
| 11 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | MILE MARKER 1 |
| 11 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | DF RANCH |
| 21 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Carlsbad Field Office | MM146 |
| 20 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Carlsbad Field Office | DOUBLE CANYON |
| 20 June 1992 | Natural | 60 acres | Roswell Field Office | BOARDER |
| 20 June 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Roswell Field Office | BOARDER |
| 5 May 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MAYS |
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 State Line: 1 unknown. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickel Creek Station | 12.4 miles | 6 | |
| Frijole (historical) | 14.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Springs | 16.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pinery (historical) | 16.7 miles | 14 | |
| Pezuna del Caballo | 31.0 miles | 7 | |
| Old Christian Place | 34.3 miles | 6 | |
| Grisham Pumping Station | 41.7 miles | 8 | |
| Ort | 49.3 miles | 8 |
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 State Line | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q127705252 | 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 2034720. 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.