State Line, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1969. It lies in ZIP code area 88240. The Survey maps it on the Hobbs East quadrangle.

State Line within Gaines County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 6 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.

1954 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Hobbs East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

102 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of State Line between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,663 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60
Power generation/transmission/distribution	11
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Debris and open burning	7
Natural	6
Smoking	4

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 2007	Natural	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
29 August 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	25 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
13 August 2010	Smoking	15 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
12 August 2007	Natural	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
1 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ROSE ROAD
9 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	LOVELADY
5 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	HARRIS
5 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	C75

Every fire recorded in Gaines County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of State Line: 6 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Lea County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone	Producer	Sedimentary
Lea County Pits	Limestone, General	Producer	Sedimentary
State Hwy Pit No 70-1-S	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Un. Grav. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Un. Grav. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Un. Grav. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Un. Grav. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Un. Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Gaines 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Higginbotham	12.6 miles	6
Paynes Corner	14.3 miles	6
Seminole	22.3 miles	6
Fairview	28.1 miles	6
Seagraves	30.5 miles	6
Loop	36.8 miles	6
White City	43.7 miles	6
Ashmore	43.7 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1347834. 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.