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DISH, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Justin-Roanoke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76247. It stands on Hog Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ponder quadrangle.

DISH within Denton 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

132 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of DISH between 2002 and 2018, burning about 592 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning20
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7225 FAITH LN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service5413 TIM DONALD
20 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1020 W FIFTH ST
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6634 TIM DONALD
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2390 FM 407
8 August 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVICTORIAN
7 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOSS RANGE @ PHEASANT RUN
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEMETERY @ EAKIN CEMETERY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of DISH: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Deussen Gravel Company OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Denton 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
Northlake1.9 miles8
Drop2.9 miles8
Justin3.3 miles10
Ponder3.5 miles8
Corral City4.6 miles11
Argyle6.3 miles11
Stony6.9 miles8
Elizabethtown7.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1926816. 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.