Doss, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Harper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78618. It stands on Dry Mormon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Doss quadrangle. It stands 1,729 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1894 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Doss quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Doss between 2007 and 2019, burning about 917 acres in total. 5 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2018 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8409 FM783FIRE |
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR386/THREADGILL CREEK RD/JACKRABBIT RD |
| 30 July 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US377S/OLD JUNCTION RD/MCHALE RANCH |
| 22 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 March 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LANGES MILL FIRE |
| 23 March 2008 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 March 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 783 N SIDE OF ROAD |
| 3 February 2010 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010 PRESCRIBE BURN STAND BY # 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doss in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 9 hail, 7 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doss | $300,000 | Storms from a mesoscale complex that formed in the Texas Panhandle arrived in the Texas Hill Country shortly after midnight. The line stretched from Llano to Fredericksburg to Kerrville to Leakey and Rocksprings, moving toward the southeast with speeds varying at times from 25 to 45 mph. The most intense and widespread damage appeared to take place across Gillespie County. In the northwest part of the county several trees were blown over onto FM648 and blocked the road until they were removed. Minor damage was noted southeastward to near US290 where severe damage again was seen around the Gillespie County airport, just southwest of Fredericksburg. The roof was lifted off the airport terminal building with major water damage to the interior. A light standard was blown over just outside the terminal. Further down the runway the severe winds had blown in the doors of a hangar and had damaged five aircraft. One of the five was considered a total loss. The airport manager reported that it took him over 3 hours to drive the 8 miles to the terminal because so many roads were covered with debris and flood waters. This damage was due to thunderstorm winds with embedded downbursts as all of the damage was laid down pointing toward the southeast. Widespread minor damage to tree limbs and spotty severe damage continued along US290 from Fredericksburg to near Stonewall. It continued from Fredericksburg southwest to the Kerr County line and to the southeast along FM1347 beyond Cain City to near Luckenbach. Again all damaged trees and limbs were oriented toward the southeast indicated severe thunderstorm wind damage. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doss | $100,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 65 to 75 mph caused widespread damage across Gillespie County in the evening. Trees were reported to have been knocked over from Doss to Fredericksburg to Stonewall to Willow City. Almost all parts of the county were affected, with widespread roof damage and reports of farm machinery rolled and tossed by the storms. Power was out to over 2,000 persons for several hours. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Doss | $20,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph which blew down a farm building northwest of Fredericksburg. |
| October 2023 | Flash Flood | Doss | - | Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing RM 783 in both directions near and north of Doss. |
| October 2023 | Flash Flood | Doss | - | Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing low water crossings along RM 648 near and east of Doss. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Doss | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that sent two feet of water rushing over CR 648 near Doss. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Doss | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing RM 648 and RM 783 around Doss. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Doss | - | A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail in Cherry Spring. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Doss | - | A thunderstorm produced hail from nickel to quarter size. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Doss | - | Between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell in the western half of Gillespie County with up to 6 inches near Doss. FM648, FM783, and FM783 were closed in Gellespie County due to flash flooding. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Doss | - | Thunderstorms produced widespread rain totals of 2 to 3 inches in western Gillespie County. Highest totals were 4 inches from Doss to Harper. FM783 and SH16 were closed due to flash flooding. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Doss | - | Between 1 and 2 inches of rain fell in northwestern Gillespie County in the midnight period, with the highest totals of 3 inches near Harper. Flash flooding closed several roads between Doss and Harper, including FM783. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Doss | - | Golf ball to quarter-size hail was reported just north of the town of Doss, by a rainfall observer and local residents. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Doss | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Doss | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Doss | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Doss | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Doss | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Doss | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Spring | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hilltop | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Harper | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cherry Mountain | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tivydale | 13.5 miles | 11 | |
| Crabapple | 15.5 miles | 12 | |
| Morris Ranch | 16.9 miles | 11 | |
| Fredericksburg | 18.0 miles | 12 |
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 Doss | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3470481 | The 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 1379674. 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.
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.





