BlockWeatherly, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Estelline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79201. The Survey maps it on the Plaska quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS Memphis SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plaska quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Weatherly between 2003 and 2020, burning about 5,171 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2003 | Natural | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLING PLAINS - 18 |
| 17 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAM & WOOTER |
| 15 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CURTIS |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 16 FIRE |
| 29 August 2008 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2008 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 657 & CO. RD. P |
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 2035012. 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.