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Dittlinger, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78132. The Survey maps it on the New Braunfels West quadrangle.

Dittlinger within Comal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

129 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Dittlinger between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,616 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
8 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-30
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-62
3 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-02
27 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-23
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-65
18 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFAUST FIRE
17 September 2019Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3500 IH 35 S FIRE
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-18

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dittlinger: 5 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brauntex MaterialsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ComalStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
General Portland Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brauntex Pit & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
New Braunfels Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
New Braunfels Quarry & Plant No.265Limestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Comal County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dittlinger in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDittlinger-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph at Engel Rd. and I-35 southwest of New Braunfels.
April 2024HailDittlinger-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail on the west side of New Braunfels.
April 2024HailDittlinger-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail on the westside of New Braunfels.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindDittlinger-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged a number of Juniper and Cedar trees. Limbs from five inches to one foot diameter were ripped from the trees.
May 2016Flash FloodDittlinger-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding sweeping a tractor trailer truck off of N. Solms Rd. just northwest of I-35 in New Braunfels. The truck driver was rescued by the New Braufels Fire Department.
April 2015HailDittlinger-Golf ball size hail was reported at the residence of an NWS employee northwest of New Braunfels.
September 2010Flash FloodDittlinger-Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine produced flash flooding which caused Dry Comal Creek to rise two feet over the low water crossing.
June 2010Flash FloodDittlinger-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain of four inches in six hours. This caused flooding and closed the low water crossings on FM 1863. The staff gauge on the Dry Comal Creek was at five feet.

Every storm recorded in Comal 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
Solms1.1 miles14
Jentsch Acres1.4 miles14
New Braunfels3.3 miles14
Landa Park Highlands3.4 miles14
Comal3.4 miles14
Corbyn3.7 miles14
Preiss Heights5.2 miles14
Ogden5.3 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122594491The 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 1334389. 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.