Dogwood City, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bullard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75762. It stands on County Line Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saline Bay quadrangle. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1946 USGS Bullard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Bullard quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Saline Bay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
257 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Dogwood City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,054 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 | 159 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 578 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG TIMBER AND OLD CAMBELL |
| 3 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 521 |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 349 CROCETTE (SBE) (140) |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE RIO HONDO (SBW) (9-25) (15:21) (096) |
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 271 CR 3506 (138) |
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VILLAGES RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dogwood City: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Salt Dome | Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Texas Iron Pit | Iron | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Producer | Goethite, Hematite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Trail Estates | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Teaselville | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lee Spring | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Noonday | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Flint | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bullard | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| New Hope | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gresham | 7.6 miles | 14 |
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 Dogwood City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076461 | 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 2034716. 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.






