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Tankersley, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Tom Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76904. The Survey maps it on the Tankersley quadrangle. It stands 2,011 feet above sea level.

Tankersley within Tom Green County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

65 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Tankersley between 2001 and 2019, burning about 674 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
6 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2016Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12 MILE FIRE
12 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS HWY 67S GRASS FIRE
23 August 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13060 WESTCROSS LANE
11 August 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12114 DOVE CREEK LANE WEST
11 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tom Green County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tankersley: 1 past producer. 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
Montgomery Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tom Green 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
Knickerbocker5.8 miles18
Byrne9.1 miles14
S N Junction10.8 miles17
Christoval13.2 miles10
San Angelo13.5 miles17
Alvery Junction15.1 miles17
Grape Creek16.6 miles11
Carlsbad17.7 miles9

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 TankersleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7683543The 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 1369595. 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.