BlockDickworsham, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Henrietta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76365. The Survey maps it on the Dickworsham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Henrietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dickworsham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Dickworsham between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,344 acres in total. 16 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 | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2 FIRES FROM LIGHTNING |
| 4 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAPGOOD |
| 30 September 2014 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 287 LONESTAR |
| 21 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONESTAR FIRE |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONE STAR ROAD |
| 14 September 2011 | Smoking | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONE STAR ROAD FIRE |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANDERSON RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dickworsham: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Preston | Copper | Occurrence | 1874 | |
| York-1 | Copper | Past Producer | 1892, 1893 |
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 Q122548364 | 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 1379662. 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.