BlockDolen, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77327. It stands on Winters Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Rayburn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Rayburn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Rayburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Rayburn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Dolen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 595 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN JACINTO 17:44 |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8065 |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 431 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 48 |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 46 |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 413 |
| 13 September 2013 | Fireworks | 2.7 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8072 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dolen: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolen No. 12 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Dolen No. 36 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Fitch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Dolen Pit 36 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 1381778. 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.