BlockDewville, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78140. The Survey maps it on the Dewville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Dewville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Dewville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dewville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Dewville between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2,396 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11934 FM 1117 |
| 24 August 2010 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOBY GORDON PASTURE FIRE |
| 21 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBIN ZELLA PASTURE FIRE |
| 6 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 359 MESA TRAIL |
| 3 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID NIXON |
| 9 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dewville in 1 storm report in 2016: 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dewville | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that broke power poles and flipped a trailer near the intersection of Lakey Rd. and FM1117. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leesville | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Nixon | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Schoolland | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bebe | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Smiley | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Belmont | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Monthalia | 12.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wrightsboro | 13.0 miles | 10 |
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 Q122553308 | 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 1378212. 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.