BlockWhitestar, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Motley census division. The Survey maps it on the Flomot quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1967 USGS Flomot quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Childress quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Whitestar between 2006 and 2018, burning about 2,671 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHITE STAR |
| 18 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 97 DITCH |
| 11 August 2017 | Natural | 818 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOM BALL CREEK |
| 5 July 2011 | Smoking | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SALT JONES |
| 5 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHITE STAR DITCH |
| 2 July 2016 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COGDELL |
| 2 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHITE STAR |
| 7 June 2018 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PPOE/VINSON |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flomot | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Whiteflat | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Folley | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Matador | 12.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mac Bain | 18.6 miles | 8 | |
| Roaring Springs | 18.9 miles | 8 | |
| Northfield | 20.6 miles | 8 | |
| Russellville | 21.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034874. 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.