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Dilworth, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gonzales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78629. It stands on Liveoak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dilworth quadrangle.

Dilworth within Gonzales County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dilworth between 2005 and 2014, burning about 644 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVAUGHAN FIRE
21 August 2009Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFRANK JRAL
16 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 February 2011Equipment and vehicle use125 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTAFFORD FIRE
8 February 2011Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 360
23 February 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 October 2005Debris and open burning283 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH TX - 3
20 October 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOEDEKER RANCH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gonzales County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dilworth: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kennard PitBentoniteProducerSedimentary
Knorr PitBentoniteProducerSedimentary
Southern Clay Pits and PlantBentoniteProducer

Every working recorded in Gonzales County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dilworth in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Flash FloodDilworth-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain the led to flash flooding. TexDoT reported water over the road on FM 532 and FM 795 west of Moulton.
January 2024Flash FloodDilworth-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that flooded FM 795 at the Liveoak Branch Creek crossing east of Gonzales.
January 2024Flash FloodDilworth-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Several low water crossings were closed along FM 795 and FM 532 between Gonzales and the Lavaca County line.
March 2012Flash FloodDilworth-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of low water crossings closing FM532 at Peach Creek.
November 2000Tornado (F0)Dilworth-A small and short-lived tornado was observed by the public as it touched down in an open field. It caused no damage.

Every storm recorded in Gonzales 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
Little New York3.2 miles11
Comanche Crossing4.6 miles11
Kokernot4.6 miles9
Nickel4.8 miles11
Hickston6.6 miles11
Glaze City7.0 miles9
Saturn7.1 miles11
Hamon7.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1334361. 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.