BlockWayside, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79065. The Survey maps it on the Pampa NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Pampa NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Wayside between 2005 and 2020, burning about 13,436 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201556 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201557 |
| 18 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KELLER ESTATES |
| 9 February 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201514 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Codman | 10.7 miles | 5 | |
| Miami | 17.2 miles | 5 | |
| Parnell (historical) | 19.5 miles | 5 | |
| Lora | 22.3 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Wayside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7976869 | 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 2034798. 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.