BlockWilsey, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Farwell-Bovina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79325. The Survey maps it on the Oklahoma Lane quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Clovis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Clovis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma Lane quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Muleshoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Wilsey between 2006 and 2019, burning about 117 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARGILL |
| 19 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR X |
| 6 February 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3333 |
| 5 February 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 473 |
| 11 December 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WIDNER FIRE |
| 21 January 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 295 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Lane | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bovina | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Farwell | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lariat | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Parmerton | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hub | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Clays Corner | 13.4 miles | 8 | |
| Rhea | 15.2 miles | 8 |
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 Wilsey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85815844 | 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 1380789. 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.