BlockStekoll Camp, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stinnett census division. The Survey maps it on the Stinnett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Stinnett quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Borger quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Stekoll Camp between 1994 and 2020, burning about 9,970 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONES FIRE |
| 20 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIRE |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | REALLY |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARLEY |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2011 | Natural | 3,200 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | TURKEY TRACK 2 |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122566543 | 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 1369167. 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.