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Dorras, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Aspermont South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79546. It stands on Long A. The Survey maps it on the Double Mountains quadrangle.

Dorras within Stonewall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 6 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

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dorras between 2006 and 2019, burning about 394 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
31 August 2019Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGH FENCE
14 July 2014Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceZENKER1 GRASSFIRE
18 May 2006Debris and open burning75 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 April 2012Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIDDLE/CADE FIRES
24 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARKS#3
4 February 2006Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 January 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAUGH RANCH
11 January 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOSEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stonewall County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dorras: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Kennedy MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Stonewall 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
Red Bluff Crossing5.9 miles15
Double Mountain9.8 miles6
Oriana (historical)12.5 miles6
Peacock13.0 miles6
Aspermont15.8 miles8
Swenson16.5 miles6
Flat Top19.8 miles9
Old Glory23.7 miles9

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.

Wikidata item Q122556979The 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 2035004. 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.