BlockDorman, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Bernard census division. The Survey maps it on the Egypt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Egypt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dorman between 2008 and 2009, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2009 | Natural | 83 acres | Attwater Prarie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge | RENZ FOOD PLOT FIRE |
| 22 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5900 FM 1161 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Glen Flora | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sand Ridge | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sorrelle | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Bonus | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Elm Grove | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hungerford | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Wharton | 7.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378217. 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.