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Bobwyn, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75253. The Survey maps it on the Seagoville quadrangle.

Bobwyn within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

95 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Bobwyn between 2006 and 2018, burning about 211 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined73
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2100 ECHO LAKE
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOWDY
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceROYCE DR
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLASATER
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceS PRAIRIE CREEK
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARKS
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOTTIE
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKLEBERG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Bobwyn: 18 producers, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
A B B Sand and Gravel OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
AbandonedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beckett Road Pit No. 530Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bluebird Pit & Plant No. 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bob Meals Co Inc Lone Star PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bob Meals Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dowdy Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fred Wray Sand and Gravel OperaionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gifford Hill Simonds Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hilco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bobwyn in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Flash FloodBobwyn$100,000A storm chaser reported many roads flooded and cars stalled northwest of Seagoville.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBobwyn$100,000A team from the Dallas/Fort Worth National Weather Service Forecast Office surveyed wind damage in Seagoville, Texas that occurred at approximately 635 pm CDT on the evening of June 1st. The team determined that the damage was due to severe thunderstorm downburst winds ranging from 65 to 80 mph. A storm spotter also |reported a measured windspeed of 80 mph from a home weather station in Seagoville during this event.||The field of wind damage was approximately 2 miles long and 2.25 miles wide, and encompassed most of the City of Seagoville, on either side of U.S. Highway 175. Snapped (and in a few cases, uprooted) tree trunks and large branches comprised the vast majority of the damage. Many trees and branches were toppled onto |homes, vehicles, storage buildings and fencing, resulting in considerable residential property damage. No injuries are known to have occurred at this time. ||Most of the trees and branches were knocked down in a quasi-unidirectional southeasterly direction, consistent with straight line winds, and with the northwest to southeast motion of the storm. However, it should be noted that a few trees/branches on the far western and northeastern edges of the downburst damage field exhibited fall orientations consistent with rotation. This may be due to the presence of very small-scale vortices that developed on the flanks of the main downburst feature as it moved |through Seagoville. The CASA radar in Mesquite observed a pronounced downburst velocity signature forming just N of Seagoville at 6:30 pm, which subsequently moved south southeastward across the city.
August 2012FloodBobwyn$100,000Areal flooding continued for several hours after scattered to numerous thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall produced flash flooding in the cities of Dallas and Irving. Up to 3.5 of rain had fallen over the city; resulting in the flooding of several streets and creeks. During the evening hours, part of the roof at the Urban Inter-Tribal Center of Texas in the Oak Cliff area collapsed under the weight of the heavy rain that had fallen earlier. As the roof collapsed, the windows in the front blew out.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBobwyn$50,000Power poles were bent over and 10 grain houses suffered damage in the city of Seagoville. Tree damage was also reported around the city.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBobwyn-A 65 mph wind gust was measured with a handheld anemometer.
March 2012FloodBobwyn-Many roads throughout the county remained impassable after the heavy rain ended. Residential and access roads were impacted the most.

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Kleberg1.5 miles19
Rylie3.3 miles21
Seagoville3.4 miles19
Lawson3.8 miles19
Balch Springs5.3 miles19
Patrick5.8 miles18
Hutchins6.0 miles21
Wilmer6.4 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122570350The 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 1378026. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.