Dirgin, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tatum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75691. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tatum quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Tatum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Tatum quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Dirgin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,383 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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 burning | 125 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORACE JAMES |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 116 |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LUMINANT MINING |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6188 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dirgin in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dirgin | - | Tree downed on Highway 43 approximately 5 miles southwest of Tatum. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dirgin | - | Several trees downed near Martin Creek Lake State Park. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dirgin | - | Power lines downed on Highway 43 near Martin Creek Lake. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Dirgin | - | This was the second tornado of an east to northeast moving supercell thunderstorm. This EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds of 104 mph, moved over Martin Creek Lake and eventually into western Panola County. Most of the damage consisted of snapped and uprooted trees. The total path length in Rusk County was approximately two miles before entering Western Panola County. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Dirgin | - | Highway 43 from just east of Farm to Market Road 1716 to west of Farm to Market Road 1716 was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Stewart | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mayflower | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Tatum | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Hill | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Church Hill | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Chalk Hill | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Chapman | 7.8 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 Dirgin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116371148 | 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 1379667. 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.
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.




