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Webb Village, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Big Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79720. It lies near Scenic Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Big Spring South quadrangle.

Webb Village within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

294 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Webb Village between 2005 and 2020, burning about 12,470 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined142
Power generation/transmission/distribution43
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Smoking5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 21 AND 176
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service5509 LONGSHORE
3 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2407 N BIRDWELL
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1200 BLK N FM 700
24 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOVERTON & 461
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service87 & DRIVER RD
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST OF SHELL STATION
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM 174 I-20

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Webb Village: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Rough Sand and Gravel Fisher QyStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Fisher QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Tubbs PitLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Howard County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Big Spring2.4 miles11
South Haven2.6 miles12
Elbow4.2 miles10
Ziler6.2 miles11
Morita7.6 miles11
Midway7.7 miles10
Sand Springs8.9 miles10
Fairview9.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349588. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.