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Dacus, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77356. The Survey maps it on the Dacus quadrangle.

Dacus within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Dacus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,130 acres in total. 12 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
Debris and open burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning19 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 313
5 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6053 CR. 206
30 September 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1998Natural168 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasBOOT HILL
29 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

5 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dacus in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDacus$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees including some that caused property damage along FM 1097 east of Highway 149.
April 1997HailDacus$10,000no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDacus-Multiple trees were downed across a road.
March 2018HailDacus-Nickel sized hail was observed.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindDacus-Trees and power lines down along FM 1486.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Dobbin5.7 miles11
Peel Junction6.4 miles14
Montgomery6.5 miles14
Bobville6.9 miles11
Gary9.0 miles12
Keenan11.7 miles12
Honea13.5 miles13
Karen14.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381735. 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.