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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.

Dogwood City within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

257 since 1992

Regional 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 burning159
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
30 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 578
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG TIMBER AND OLD CAMBELL
3 September 2006Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 521
3 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 349 CROCETTE (SBE) (140)
25 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE RIO HONDO (SBW) (9-25) (15:21) (096)
24 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 271 CR 3506 (138)
24 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVILLAGES RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brooks Salt DomeHalite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1865
Texas Iron PitIronProducer
Unnamed MineIronProducerGoethite, Hematite

Every working recorded in Smith 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
Pine Trail Estates2.4 miles16
Teaselville2.8 miles16
Lee Spring6.0 miles14
Noonday6.1 miles16
Flint6.6 miles14
Bullard7.3 miles14
New Hope7.6 miles14
Gresham7.6 miles14

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076461The 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.