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Dunlay, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castroville-LaCoste census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78861. The Survey maps it on the Castroville quadrangle.

Dunlay within Medina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

23 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Dunlay between 2006 and 2020, burning about 388 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROBBINS PROPANE
12 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS 90 E HONDO
7 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4617
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
19 August 2011Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 467
27 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS90W & CR 4612
6 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS90 WEST (ROBBINS)
17 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 366

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Medina County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dunlay: 2 producers. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fidel Guerra Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rosita Gravel Guerra PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Medina County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunlay in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2021Thunderstorm WindDunlay$100,000An NWS Storm Survey Team determined that damage done east of the EF-1 tornado south of Dunlay was caused by straight line thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 to 105 mph. Two separate sections of power lines were knocked down, the roofs of two houses were damaged, several center pivot irrigation systems were damaged, and large tree limbs were knocked down.
April 2021HailDunlay-A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail in Dunlay.
March 2018HailDunlay-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Castroville.
May 2010Flash FloodDunlay-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which closed US Highway 90 between Hondo and Dunlay due to water expected to cover the road from Hondo Creek.
June 2009HailDunlay-The public reported hail along County Road 4581.
June 2009HailDunlay-The public reported hail along County Road 4581.
June 2007Flash FloodDunlay-Thunderstorms in eastern Medina County produced from 2 to 4 inches of rain along US90 from Dunlay to the Bexar County line. FM471, FM1343, and FM1957 were closed due to high water.
May 2022HailDunlay-no account filed
May 2016HailDunlay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Medina 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
Bader2.5 miles9
Quihi3.6 miles9
New Fountain4.5 miles9
Castroville6.0 miles9
Noonan7.2 miles9
Hondo8.0 miles9
Pearson8.3 miles10
Riomedina8.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1356464. 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.

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.