Tesco, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sweetwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79561. The Survey maps it on the Chalk Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Merkel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Chalk Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Tesco between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,725 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 255 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILKS |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,808 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLUE ALLEGHENY FIRE |
| 21 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOYD FIRE |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PLATEU |
| 16 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRENT MEZA FIRE |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISHER 121 |
| 12 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUNTER FIRE |
| 7 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 131 |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herndon | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Grimes | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Toland | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Orient | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sweetwater | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Avenger Village | 11.5 miles | 13 | |
| Shaufler | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| Nolan | 15.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379152. 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.





