BlockUnderwood, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Abernathy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79041. The Survey maps it on the Underwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Abernathy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Abernathy NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Underwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Underwood between 2006 and 2017, burning about 834 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2006 | Natural | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 285 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10-0322-01 |
| 19 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 182 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONE |
| 7 December 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 January 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hale Center | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Hale City (historical) | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Six Point | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Cotton Center | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Happy Union | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Snyder | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Furguson | 11.1 miles | 7 | |
| Mayfield | 11.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380691. 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.