BlockDockum, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Spur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79370. It stands on Dockum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spur quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Spur quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Aspermont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Dockum between 2008 and 2020, burning about 635 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JIM BOB HORN |
| 2 September 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREG ARNOLD |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YEAKLEY |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DR. CAVE |
| 3 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUTLER |
| 10 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR372/CR335 (OSBURN) |
| 30 July 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GLORIA LEE |
| 29 July 2017 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAMES LEWIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spur | 0.2 miles | 6 | |
| Soldiers Mound (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Steele Hill | 4.2 miles | 6 | |
| Red Mud | 8.2 miles | 6 | |
| Gilpin | 8.6 miles | 6 | |
| Dickens | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Croton | 15.0 miles | 8 | |
| Elton | 15.9 miles | 8 |
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 Q122545578 | 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 2702411. 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.