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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dacus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 313 |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6053 CR. 206 |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | 168 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | BOOT HILL |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dacus | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees including some that caused property damage along FM 1097 east of Highway 149. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Dacus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dacus | - | Multiple trees were downed across a road. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Dacus | - | Nickel sized hail was observed. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dacus | - | Trees and power lines down along FM 1486. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dobbin | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Peel Junction | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Montgomery | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bobville | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gary | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Keenan | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Honea | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Karen | 14.0 miles | 12 |
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.




