BlockTwin Grove, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Booker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79005. The Survey maps it on the Twin Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Twin Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Twin Grove between 2009 and 2019, burning about 2,322 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUKE RD AND CR 11 |
| 3 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERRY RD |
| 29 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US@CO5 |
| 11 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR11 FIRE2 |
| 10 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR11 FIRE |
| 1 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNCLE SAM AND VIEW POINT ROAD |
| 22 March 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER |
| 20 February 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 23 AND UNCLE SAM |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylord | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Barton Corners | 8.8 miles | 6 | |
| Booker | 10.1 miles | 6 | |
| Darrouzett | 10.1 miles | 6 | |
| Lipscomb | 11.0 miles | 6 | |
| Sherlock | 13.9 miles | 6 | |
| Locust Grove | 15.3 miles | 6 | |
| Follett | 17.3 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380688. 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.