Dobbin, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77356. It stands on Little Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plantersville quadrangle. It stands 226 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Dobbin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 470 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KRUEGER |
| 21 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 410 |
| 16 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 24 |
| 6 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 32 |
| 5 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17249 FM 1774 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dobbin in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Dobbin | $10,000 | Tornado moved in from Grimes County along FM 149. Barn roof damaged 3 miles east of Richards, tree limb blown through metal of a car door. Storm continued moving east-northeast downing trees to the Montgomery/Walker County line near FM 1791. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Dobbin | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dobbin | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Dobbin | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dobbin | - | Trees were downed near the Clark Road and Jackson Road intersection. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dobbin | - | A tree was downed onto a road. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dobbin | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Dobbin | - | Flooding at the intersection of FM 1486 and CR 212 with around two feet of water on road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobville | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Peel Junction | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gary | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Montgomery | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Dacus | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Keenan | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Karen | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Honea | 9.9 miles | 13 |
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 Dobbin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5286530 | 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 1334420. 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.




