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Dugger, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Guadalupe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78155. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seguin quadrangle.

Dugger within Guadalupe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

101 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Dugger between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,668 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
4 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1400 JAKES COLONY RD.
3 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIREWORKS STAND FIRE
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3684
28 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePLEASANT ACRES FIRE
28 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3803
12 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service123 SOUTH FIRE
7 July 2013Natural15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service19700 ST. HWY. 123 SO.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Guadalupe County

Storms near this place

13 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dugger in 13 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDugger$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a tree across Fox Trotter Rd. south of Seguin.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDugger$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a tree across Elm Creek Rd. southwest of Seguin.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDugger$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a tree across Mesquite Pass southwest of Seguin.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindDugger$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked numerous branches and blew shingles off a roof southeast of Seguin.
December 2022HailDugger-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of New Berlin.
May 2021HailDugger-A thunderstorm produced hen egg size hail near Mesquite Pass.
May 2021HailDugger-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail on Jakes Colony Rd. south of Seguin.
May 2021HailDugger-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail south of Seguin.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindDugger-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that overturned several RVs at an RV shop south of Seguin.
February 2017Tornado (EF0)Dugger-This short-lived tornado occurred about 7 miles south of Seguin along Hwy 123. This tornado overturned several recreational vehicles, damaged several sheds and outbuildings, and damaged the roof of a house (DI FR12, DOD 2). There is no estimate of monetary damages.
August 2016Flash FloodDugger-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing James Colony Rd. in the 500 block and Good Luck Rd. in the 200 block.
April 2014HailDugger-A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail.
May 2011HailDugger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Guadalupe 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
Jakes Colony4.4 miles13
Seguin4.6 miles16
Zipp5.2 miles14
Sweet Home5.6 miles9
Morrison Falls5.6 miles14
Muehlsville5.9 miles14
Olmos6.1 miles9
Nolte6.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034635. 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.