Dothan, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76437. The Survey maps it on the Bernie Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1931 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Bernie Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Dothan between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,519 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/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STARR FIRE |
| 10 September 2010 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAGGARD |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 329 IH 20 |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 136 FIRE |
| 28 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILL |
| 26 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | I/20 320 |
| 24 August 2019 | Natural | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOSTER |
| 13 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILLIPS RANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Scranton | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cisco | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Nimrod | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Romney | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mangum | 13.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mountain Top | 13.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377166. 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.





