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Dimple, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Clarksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75426. The Survey maps it on the Dimple quadrangle.

Dimple within Red River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Dimple between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,377 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 31 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 burning89
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Natural24
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2000Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 367
30 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 172
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
20 September 2012Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6250

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Red River County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dimple: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Red River County

Storms near this place

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dimple in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
March 2022Thunderstorm WindDimple-Trees were downed on County Road 2132.
April 2020HailDimple-Half dollar size hail fell north of Clarksville.
April 2020HailDimple-Ping pong ball to golf ball size hail fell in the Dimple community.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindDimple-A tree was blown over Highway 37 and FM 2120 north of Clarksville. Lots of tree debris was also found over Highway 37.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindDimple-A tree was blown down across Highway 37 near the Dimple Quick Stop.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindDimple-Several hardwood trees were uprooted on County Road 2239, facing east.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindDimple-Trees were downed north of Clarksville, Texas near Hwy. 37.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDimple-A tree was downed on Hwy. 37 near the community of Dimple, Texas.
May 2009Flash FloodDimple-CR 3117 was flooded and closed.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindDimple-A tree was downed on Hwy. 37 north of Clarksville, Texas.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindDimple-Numerous trees and powerlines downed in town.

Every storm 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
Hopewell3.0 miles8
Negley3.2 miles10
Vandalia4.2 miles8
Dilworth4.9 miles10
Vessey5.6 miles10
Bagwell5.9 miles8
Madras6.1 miles10
Clarksville7.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1356031. 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.