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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.

Dermott within Scurry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

52 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural4
Debris and open burning4

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
29 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution1,000 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHANNON
29 September 2011Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBREWSTER
15 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use384 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCALLEY RANCH
22 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBELL & BECCERA
17 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEDIAN OF N HWY 84
16 August 2012Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN POLAR RD
10 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAFTER C RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scurry County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDermott-Severe thunderstorm winds broke large tree limbs at a rural residence near Dermott. The strongest wind gusts were estimated to approach 65 MPH.
June 2003Flash FloodDermott-Flash flooding resulted in high water covering the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 2126 and 612.
January 1998HailDermott-Dime size hail was reported in Dermott and just south of the Kent County line along Highway 208.
May 2021HailDermott-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDermott-no account filed
April 2016HailDermott-no account filed
October 2012HailDermott-no account filed
May 2003HailDermott-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindDermott-no account filed
January 1998HailDermott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scurry 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
Brand5.2 miles9
Fullerville5.6 miles8
Fluvanna7.4 miles8
Franklin Center8.6 miles9
Union8.7 miles10
Arah9.2 miles8
Snyder10.8 miles10
Knapp15.2 miles9

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.