BlockDacosta, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Victoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77905. The Survey maps it on the Placedo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Placedo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Placedo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
182 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Dacosta between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,606 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 26 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHOCK |
| 4 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20 SUNRAY ROAD |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD PORT LAVACA ROAD |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WICK PROPERTY |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GUADALUPE ROAD |
| 21 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAMS STREET CAR FIRE |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SERENE DRIVE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dacosta in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Dacosta | $25,000 | A NWS survey concluded an HP supercell produced a tornado in the Hidden Valley subdivision, just west of Docasta and approximately 6 miles southeast of Victoria. The tornado damaged several homes and destoyed two sheds. Debris from the subdivision was blown about one mile downwind. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dacosta | $500 | Large tree limbs snapped and knocked into the side of house. 60 mph winds estimated by trained spotter. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Dacosta | - | A public web cam showed fields and county roads flooded southeast of Victoria. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Dacosta | - | Spotters reported quarter to golf ball sized hail fell along U.S. 87 in and around Docosta. Several windshields were reported damaged. |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Dacosta | - | Sheriff and SkyWarn spotter report of several funnel clouds in the area with one brief touchdown between the cities of Placedo and Dacosta, just to the northeast of highway 87. |
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 1355536. 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.
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.