Dixon, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75402. It stands on Timber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Greenville SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
179 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Dixon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 855 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1564 |
| 25 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1125 FM 1737 |
| 23 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4508 CR 3323 |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2101 |
| 21 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 99 MM FIRE |
| 20 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5648 CR 3521 |
| 2 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5141 CR 3117 LONE OAK ASSIST FIRE |
| 19 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5648 CR 3521 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixon in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixon | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported power poles broken and large tree limbs blown down approximately 10 miles southeast of the city of Greenville, TX. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Point | 2.4 miles | 6 | |
| Wieland | 4.2 miles | 6 | |
| Weiland | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Mount Bethel | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Meadowview | 5.2 miles | 6 | |
| Ardis Heights | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mineral Heights | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Greenville | 6.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378215. 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.



