BlockDumont, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Guthrie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79248. The Survey maps it on the Dumont quadrangle. It stands 2,051 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Dumont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dickens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Dumont between 2006 and 2017, burning about 1,406 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | P.K. RANCH FIRE |
| 14 August 2009 | Natural | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | P.K. RANCH FIRE |
| 30 June 2017 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PITCHFORK FARM CAMP |
| 14 June 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOUNGUE RIVER RANCH FIRE |
| 13 June 2006 | Natural | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 June 2006 | Natural | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DELWIN |
| 18 October 2010 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PK RANCH GRASS FIRE |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dumont in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 20 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Hail | Dumont | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | $25,000 | A trained spotter reported estimated wind gusts to 70 mph as well as wind damage |in Dumont. The spotter reported damage to trees and roof damage to a mobile home. There was also substantial damage to a barn. Small hail also accompanied the severe winds. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Dumont | $25,000 | An NWS cooperative observer reported baseball size hail. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Dumont | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Dumont | - | No damage was reported. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Dumont | - | A second storm produced quarter size hail at the same location as the prior event. No damage was reported, but the hail was said to have completely covered the ground. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Dumont | - | A cooperative observer near Dumont observed widespread pea size hail with occasional quarter size stones. No damage was reported. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Dumont | - | Large hail impacted the Dumont vicinity around 04:00 CST. Observers did not directly witness the hailfall, but sizable hailstones remained on the ground seven to eight hours after the storm. A National Weather Service cooperative observer reported that bark was partially removed from trees. The event time was estimated based on radar. Hailstones during the storm were likely much larger. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Dumont | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Dumont. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | - | Metal barns damaged and overturned with roofs torn off. Several large tree limbs broken. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dumont | - | Several large trees downed by estimated 65 mph winds from an NWS Cooperative Observer. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Dumont | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Dumont | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finney | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Gage Corner Windmill | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Grow | 11.5 miles | 7 | |
| Corner Windmill | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Guthrie | 16.6 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Dumont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5313946 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1356437. 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.