Dolan, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Zavalla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75980. It stands on Turpentine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1928 USGS Zavalla 3-c quadrangle1:24000
- 1931 USGS Zavalla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Zavalla quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Dolan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,381 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 35 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 | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 871 |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8066 |
| 5 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | WIGGLE |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | ROCK HOUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dolan: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite, Silica, Clay, Lignite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browndell | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Zavalla Mill | Clay, Lignite | Producer | ||
| Bennett-Clark Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | Bentonite | |
| Dresser Minerals Pit | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Southern Clay Prod Bentonite Pit | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dolan in 2 storm reports in 2017: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Dolan | - | Polly Branch Road was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Dolan | - | Old Johnson School Road was closed due to flooding. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381777. 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.
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.









