BlockDalton, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sanger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76266. The Survey maps it on the Sanger quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Sanger quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Dalton between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,116 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACKSON ROAD FIRE |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N ELM STREET |
| 2 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JANUARY LANE FIRE |
| 10 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RECTOR RD. |
| 9 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-0636 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krum | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bolivar | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sanger | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Plainview | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Denton | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Green Valley | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cooper Creek | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Union Hill | 8.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379633. 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.