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Dicey, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Springtown-Reno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76087. It stands on Hays Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Weatherford quadrangle.

Dicey within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

93 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Dicey between 2005 and 2019, burning about 383 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined44
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEER PATH
30 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH LAKE
24 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1259 FRIENDSHIP ROAD
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service801 FRIENDSHIP ROAD
13 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service201 DORRIS COURT
6 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceG&L
4 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGREEN BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker 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
Wampler2.8 miles16
Hudson Oaks3.5 miles16
Wright3.5 miles16
Punkin Center3.9 miles16
Willow Park4.0 miles16
Center Point4.9 miles17
Earls5.5 miles17
Weatherford6.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378213. 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.