BlockWayside, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tahoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79381. The Survey maps it on the New Home SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 New Home quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS New Home SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS New Home SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Slaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Wayside between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,728 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY FARM 2 |
| 21 August 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 87 1.5 MILES N. OF 211 |
| 20 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH POKA LAMBRO |
| 11 August 2011 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | T-BAR |
| 4 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAILER COMPLEX |
| 7 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM400 TEXAS STAR |
| 27 June 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 1205 MERREM |
| 2 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034792. 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.