Dinero, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the George West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78368. It lies near Hog Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Dinero quadrangle. It stands 112 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1925 USGS Mathis No. 2 quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Dinero quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Dinero between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,018 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 534 & SH 359 |
| 18 July 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S.S. NORTHSHORE |
| 12 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 March 2006 | Smoking | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONNER FIRE |
| 28 March 2006 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dinero: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lucas Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dinero in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2012: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinero | $10,000 | Trees were blown down and into the roadway on Farm to Market Road 534. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinero | - | NWS Spotter report of strong thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Dinero | - | Sheriff reports of roadways flooded. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dinero | - | NWS spotter report of 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Dinero | - | Dime-size hail and larger was reported by the Sheriff's Offices in the southeastern part of the County. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Dinero | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Dinero | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Dinero | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lucas | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hideaway Hill | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mikeska | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| River Creek Acres | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Argenta | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Los Lomas | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lagarto | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Peace Valley Harbor | 7.5 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Dinero | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5278051 | 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 1334369. 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.







