Divot, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dilley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78017. It lies near Panther Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Divot quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Divot quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Divot quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Divot quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Divot between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2,104 acres in total. None 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4500, 1 MILE FROM FM 1581 |
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 117 15 MILES WEST OF IH35 |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 117 @ FM 1581 |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4538 @ CR 4629 |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1581 @ FM 117 |
| 30 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 117 @ CR 4520 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Divot in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2017: 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Flood | Divot | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flooding closing FM 117 northwest of Divot. |
| September 2017 | Flood | Divot | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flooding closing SH 85 between Dilley and Big Wells. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Divot | - | There were reports of baseball size hail along County Road 4443. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Divot | - | General 2 to 3 inch rain totals were reported over Karnes, Atascosa, Frio, and Zavala Counties. Highest amounts in Frio County were 5 inches between Divot and Derby. Flash flooding closed FM117, US85 and FM1581. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parks Corner Windmill | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hilltop | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hilltop Colonia | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Derby Colonia | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Derby | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dilley | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Cude Crossing Windmill | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Melon | 9.4 miles | 10 |
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 Q122598739 | 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 1379668. 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.







