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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1895 USGS Sherwood quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1928 USGS Tankersly quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Knickerbocker quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Tankersley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 2001Regional 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12 MILE FIRE |
| 12 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US HWY 67S GRASS FIRE |
| 23 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13060 WESTCROSS LANE |
| 11 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12114 DOVE CREEK LANE WEST |
| 11 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knickerbocker | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Byrne | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| S N Junction | 10.8 miles | 17 | |
| Christoval | 13.2 miles | 10 | |
| San Angelo | 13.5 miles | 17 | |
| Alvery Junction | 15.1 miles | 17 | |
| Grape Creek | 16.6 miles | 11 | |
| Carlsbad | 17.7 miles | 9 |
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 Tankersley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7683543 | 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 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.







