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Dauphin, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75751. The Survey maps it on the Mallard Hill quadrangle. It stands 371 feet above sea level.

Dauphin within Henderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Dauphin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,659 acres in total. 1 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 burning103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0907181 BRUSH FIRE REKINDLE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 1401 FIRE
6 September 2016Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service090616 GRASS FIRE
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMALAKOFF FIRE
5 September 2008Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWAVERLY WAY
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0924142 GRASS FIRE
24 September 2014Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0924141 GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dauphin: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Texas Clay No. 2 PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Athens PitClayProducerSedimentary
Athens Pit 1ClayProducer
Texas Clay Pit 2ClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henderson 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
Crescent Heights1.4 miles15
Athens3.5 miles16
Pickens4.6 miles13
Shady Oaks4.9 miles15
Malakoff5.2 miles11
Log Cabin6.1 miles11
Virginia Hill6.7 miles16
Caney City6.7 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on DauphinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076456The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378203. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.