BlockDull, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cotulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78021. It stands on Dull Flats. The Survey maps it on the Dull quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Fowlerton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fowlerton quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Dull quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS George West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Dull between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,225 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY97 DONNEL RANCH |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARTINE FIRE |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JARDIN FIRE |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 97 FIRE |
| 20 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 4692.2S OF HWY97 |
| 16 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 469 |
| 15 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY97 E OF LOS ANGELES GRASSFIRE |
| 5 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 469 3 MI. SOUTH OF HWY 97 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Fowlerton | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Zamora Acres Colonia | 15.7 miles | 10 | |
| Gardendale | 15.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cotulla | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Millett | 17.1 miles | 9 | |
| Woodward | 21.5 miles | 8 | |
| Artesia Wells | 21.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378235. 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.