BlockDudley, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clyde census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79602. The Survey maps it on the Eula quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1890 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Kirby Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Eula quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Dudley between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,592 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 | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIS |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLE FIRE |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10374 PRIVATE RD 2410 |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE OF HOT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dudley in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Dudley | - | An amateur radio operator reported tennis ball size hail 2 miles east-northeast of Dudley near Highway 36. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dudley | - | Strong thunderstorm winds peeled back the roof of a carport. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Dudley | - | A severe thunderstorm developed across southeast Jack County around 1500 CST and moved northeast producing at least four tornadoes before crossing the Red River into Oklahoma, where it continued to produce tornadoes. The first tornado touched down in eastern Jack County near Wizard Wells and moved northeast into western Wise County in the Lake Bridgeport area. The second tornado first touched down five miles northeast of Sunset in Montague County, moved northeast to just south of Saint Jo, then moved into Cooke County northwest of Muenster. Tornado number two lifted and tornado number three developed near Bulcher. Tornado number three remained on the ground as the storm tracked into Oklahoma. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Dudley | - | no account filed |
| October 2009 | Hail | Dudley | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Dudley | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Dudley | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dudley | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Dudley | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378232. 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.