BlockDewees, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Poth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78114. The Survey maps it on the Dewees quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1936 USGS Floresville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dewees quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Dewees between 2006 and 2017, burning about 61 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LASHLEY FIRE |
| 1 November 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 January 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KID FIRE #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dewees in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Hail | Dewees | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dewees | $15,000 | Two large trees were reportedly blown down along with a power pole. A travel trailer was also blown off the road and destroyed. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Dewees | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Dewees. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Dewees | - | Several county roads were reportedly covered with water across Wilson County. The most significant flooding occurred on FM 541 near the town of Dewees. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Dewees | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding requiring a high water rescue near the junction of FM 2505 and FM 541. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Dewees | - | Thunderstorms through the afternoon and early evening produced general 1 to 2 inch rainfall over Wilson County, with up to 5 inches in the Stockdale area. The resulting flash flooding closed numerous roads, including FM81and CR218. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Dewees | - | Afternoon thunderstorms produced general 2 to 3 inch rains over Karnes and Wilson Counties, with up to 4 inches in the area from DeWees in Wilson County to Coy City and Karnes City in Karnes County. FM541 and FM1344 were closed south of DeWees due to flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Oaks | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Darilek | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Loma Vista | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ridout | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Poth | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Floresville | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fairview | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sunnyside | 10.4 miles | 9 |
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 Q122538982 | 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 1379660. 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.