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Dott, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Chilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76632. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chilton quadrangle.

Dott within Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Dott between 2008 and 2018, burning about 131 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
5 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
5 July 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service101849
4 July 2016Arson/incendiarism60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 483 DURANGO FIRE
27 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 463
31 March 2009Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service207 LEVI PKYWAY
11 March 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service318 CR 463N
11 March 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 435 AND HWY 7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Falls 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
Cego2.3 miles12
Mooreville2.9 miles15
Chilton3.5 miles14
Durango3.9 miles12
Blevins5.2 miles12
North Prairie6.0 miles14
Lott6.2 miles13
Tomlinson Hill7.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034750. 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.