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Dalzell, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brownwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76801. The Survey maps it on the Bangs East quadrangle.

Dalzell within Brown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

83 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Dalzell between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,410 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning21
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11500 CR 225
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4851 CR234
9 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFOUR STAR RANCH
4 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceC.R. 190
28 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10001 CR 232
27 August 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
24 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5150 HEALER LANE
24 August 2010Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6600 CR 190

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown 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
Woodland Heights5.1 miles20
Brownwood6.0 miles20
Bluff View6.5 miles14
Brookesmith6.9 miles13
Dulin7.5 miles13
Bangs7.9 miles14
Ricker (historical)7.9 miles20
Indian Creek7.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380837. 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.