BlockVerbena, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Post East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79356. The Survey maps it on the Verbena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Verbena quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Slaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Verbena between 2006 and 2009, burning about 7,114 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2008 | Natural | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 900 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARZA CO ----HWY 380 |
| 12 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post | 11.3 miles | 7 | |
| Augustus | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Buenos | 15.6 miles | 7 | |
| Justiceburg | 16.0 miles | 7 | |
| Close City | 16.1 miles | 7 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 16.4 miles | 7 | |
| Graham | 16.9 miles | 7 | |
| Hackberry | 19.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380715. 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.