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Dobrowolski, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Charlotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78026. The Survey maps it on the Dobrowolski quadrangle.

Dobrowolski within Atascosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

150 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Dobrowolski between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,932 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined53
Equipment and vehicle use42
Debris and open burning36
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 97 AN SPUR 162
6 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWIER
3 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKLUMB
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 97E/1 MILE FROM CHARLOTTE
20 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENSLE #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atascosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dobrowolski: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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
Jourdanton SulfurSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Atascosa 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
Charlotte4.0 miles8
La Parita4.1 miles8
Jourdanton5.4 miles9
Crown6.1 miles8
Amphion7.3 miles8
Davis8.8 miles10
Pleasanton10.1 miles9
Christine10.5 miles9

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 DobrowolskiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q110413399The 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 1356092. 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.