Thompson Grove, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Texline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79022. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Buffalo Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Thompson Grove between 2005 and 2020, burning about 500 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2015 | Natural | 83 acres | Cibola National Forest | EAST THOMPSON GROVE |
| 27 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | TG 1 |
| 17 June 2008 | Natural | 138 acres | Cibola National Forest | THOMPSON |
| 16 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FELT RD & FM 296 |
| 12 June 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21 |
| 16 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | THOMPSON GROVE |
| 17 February 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FELT M/A |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Springs | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Corlena | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Coldwater | 9.7 miles | 7 | |
| Perico | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Texline | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ware | 16.6 miles | 6 | |
| Bunker Hill | 20.2 miles | 6 | |
| Bolin | 21.0 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382859. 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.




