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Douro, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Odessa-Goldsmith census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79766. The Survey maps it on the Douro quadrangle.

Douro within Ector County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Douro in 2011, burning about 11 acres in total. None 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/undetermined9

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
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHIRLAWAY
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFORTUNE 500
6 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAMASCUS
14 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM1936 FIRE
12 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG VALLEY
1 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJOAN
27 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKNOX
6 January 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRIPLE CROWN 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ector County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Douro: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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
Foster Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Moss QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Cap Rock PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Odessa QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Permian Sand and Gravel OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Strain Brothers Limestone OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ector County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Douro in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021Thunderstorm WindDouro$2,000A thunderstorm moved across Ector County and produced wind damage southwest of Odessa. A power pole was snapped on the corner of Farm to Market Road 866 and Interstate 20. The time of the event was estimated using radar. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
March 2026HailDouro-A member of the public reported quarter-sized hail. The time of occurrence is estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Ector 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
Penwell3.8 miles8
Arcade5.1 miles10
Badger5.2 miles8
West Odessa5.7 miles10
Judkins6.4 miles8
Metz8.0 miles8
Pleasant Farms10.0 miles8
Odessa10.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378222. 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.

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.