Dunlap, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78725. It stands on Decker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Webberville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Montopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Webberville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Webberville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Dunlap between 1999 and 2016, burning about 246 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 71 HWY W |
| 10 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM973 |
| 28 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM969 |
| 20 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 28 |
| 12 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DECKER LAKE |
| 10 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLUE BLUFF |
| 1 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEBBERWOOD WAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dunlap: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birdall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Shapard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Shapard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Texas Industries Inc Hacket Pit 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Texas Industries Inc Hacket Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Bend | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Webberville | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Garfield | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Decker | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Smoot | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Del Valle | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Daffan | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Manor | 6.3 miles | 17 |
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 Dunlap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q121832663 | 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 1378236. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.







