BlockThree Corner Windmill, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Monahans census division. The Survey maps it on the Pyote NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Pecos quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Pyote NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Kermit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Three Corner Windmill between 2006 and 2020, burning about 10,988 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 55 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDS 2 |
| 27 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,166 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDS |
| 24 August 2011 | Smoking | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 35 |
| 14 August 2006 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickett | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Pyote | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Thorntonville | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Monahans | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Royalty | 20.8 miles | 9 | |
| Barstow | 21.4 miles | 9 | |
| Grandfalls | 23.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122540924 | 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 1380660. 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.