Texroy, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Borger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79080. The Survey maps it on the Phillips quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Phillips quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Phillips quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Borger quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Texroy between 2003 and 2020, burning about 528,294 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD CAMP FIRE |
| 27 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AMC WELDING |
| 22 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH COUNTY BARN |
| 22 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEDARIS FIRE |
| 21 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURNNETT 2 FIRE |
| 20 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUDDY ROAD |
| 19 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRACELAND EAST |
| 19 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BINGO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Texroy: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killough Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spring Creek Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Borger | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Electric City | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bunavista | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Philrich | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Stekoll Camp | 10.8 miles | 6 | |
| Plemons | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dial | 12.3 miles | 6 |
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 Q122549008 | 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 1380652. 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.




