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Dilworth, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Clarksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75426. It stands on White Oak Bayou. The Survey maps it on the White Rock quadrangle.

Dilworth within Red River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Dilworth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,783 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 14 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
Debris and open burning69
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
30 September 2004Debris and open burning80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 189
30 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 178
26 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 449
20 September 2012Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6250
2 September 2013Natural11 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6288

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Red River County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dilworth: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay. 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
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Red River 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
Vessey1.4 miles10
Vandalia2.8 miles8
Reeds Settlement2.8 miles10
Madras3.0 miles10
Hopewell3.4 miles8
White Rock4.3 miles10
Dimple4.9 miles8
Acworth5.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379664. 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.