BlockDinkins, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77868. It stands on Clifty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millican quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1913 USGS Millican quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1914 USGS Navasota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Millican quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Dinkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 405 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 25300 STATE HIGHWAY 6 SOUTH |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROSS FIRE |
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUNTER FIRE |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2154 @ OLD HIGHWAY 6 |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCK BOTTOM RD FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 105 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHISOLM TRAIL FIRE |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UHAUL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dinkins: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millican Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | Halite | |
| Gifford-Hill Navasota Plant No 23 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Dinkins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q115516809 | 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 1379666. 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.