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Dozier, Texas

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Samnorwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79079. The Survey maps it on the Dozier quadrangle.

Dozier within Collingsworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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 Dozier between 2006 and 2011, burning about 1,112 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
27 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEST ABRA FIRE
7 July 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOZIER RIGHT OF WAY FIRE
8 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTARVER
4 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined450 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 March 2006Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collingsworth County

Storms near this place

38 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dozier in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 20 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
October 2024Thunderstorm WindDozier-This 62mph wind gust was observed from a decaying thunderstorm at the Dozier mesonet.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDozier-This gust was measured at the West Texas Mesonet station 3 miles west of Dozier.
April 2019HailDozier-Late report of golf ball size hail near Dozier.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDozier-Part of a roof blown off a church building.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDozier-The West Texas Mesonet located 3 miles west of Dozier measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2015HailDozier-Two inch diameter hail was reported 7 miles north of Quail.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindDozier-Scattered thunderstorms developed across Collingsworth County during the evening hours of the 12th. As a storm approached the town of Dozier (Collingsworth County), the West Texas Mesonet site three miles west of Dozier recorded a 74 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindDozier-Scattered thunderstorms developed across Collingsworth County during the evening hours of the 12th. As a storm approached the town of Dozier (Collingsworth County), the West Texas Mesonet site three miles west of Dozier recorded a 68 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindDozier-A Collingsworth County Sheriff officer 2 miles west of Dozier (Collingsworth County) reported a 60 mph gust from a squall line as it moved east across the county. No reports of damage accompanied this report.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindDozier-Trees were reported blown over by the high winds.
June 1997Tornado (F1)Dozier-Tornado track was estimated and the tornado remained over open country.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDozier-no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDozier-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindDozier-no account filed
February 2023Thunderstorm WindDozier-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDozier-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindDozier-no account filed
April 2019HailDozier-no account filed
June 2019HailDozier-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDozier-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindDozier-no account filed
June 2012HailDozier-no account filed
May 2012HailDozier-no account filed
May 2012HailDozier-no account filed
April 2012HailDozier-no account filed
October 2011HailDozier-no account filed
July 2009HailDozier-no account filed
May 2008HailDozier-no account filed
June 2008HailDozier-no account filed
June 2006HailDozier-no account filed
September 2006HailDozier-no account filed
September 2006HailDozier-no account filed
September 2003HailDozier-no account filed
May 1999HailDozier-no account filed
June 1997HailDozier-no account filed
April 1997Flash FloodDozier-no account filed
April 1997HailDozier-no account filed
October 1993HailDozier-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Collingsworth 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
Samnorwood3.9 miles5
Marilla7.6 miles7
Lutie7.6 miles5
Aberdeen10.7 miles5
Quail12.2 miles7
Wellington17.0 miles8
Rolla19.1 miles7
Swearingen20.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1356235. 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.