BlockDresden, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blooming Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75102. The Survey maps it on the Blooming Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Blooming Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
191 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Dresden between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,900 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 98 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1111870 |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IVY |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1312733 |
| 26 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5257 FM 55 |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1618232 |
| 20 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 32 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEAY FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Silver City | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Blooming Grove | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Brushie Prairie | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Navarro Mills | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Drane | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Barry | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Purdon | 6.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378228. 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.