Dermott, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Snyder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79549. The Survey maps it on the Dermott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Dermott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lamesa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Dermott between 2006 and 2017, burning about 9,590 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHANNON |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BREWSTER |
| 15 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 384 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALLEY RANCH |
| 22 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELL & BECCERA |
| 17 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEDIAN OF N HWY 84 |
| 16 August 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N POLAR RD |
| 10 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAFTER C RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dermott in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dermott | - | Severe thunderstorm winds broke large tree limbs at a rural residence near Dermott. The strongest wind gusts were estimated to approach 65 MPH. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Dermott | - | Flash flooding resulted in high water covering the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 2126 and 612. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Dermott | - | Dime size hail was reported in Dermott and just south of the Kent County line along Highway 208. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Dermott | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dermott | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Dermott | - | no account filed |
| October 2012 | Hail | Dermott | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Dermott | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dermott | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Dermott | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fullerville | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Fluvanna | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Franklin Center | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Union | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Arah | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Snyder | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Knapp | 15.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1334275. 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.



