Dernal, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Victoria South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77905. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
136 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Dernal between 2008 and 2020, burning about 820 acres in total. 1 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 | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WICK PROPERTY |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GUADALUPE ROAD |
| 29 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLORADO FIRE |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROGERS STREET FIRE |
| 20 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | INDIANA RD |
| 18 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GIRDY |
| 11 September 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dernal: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Fordyce Co Briggs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Parker Brothers Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dernal in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dernal | $30,000 | Several power poles were blown down between Victoria and Bloomington. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122572717 | The 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 1379656. 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.
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.





