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Dunn, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Snyder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79526. It lies near Wildcat Draw. The Survey maps it on the Dunn quadrangle. It stands 2,218 feet above sea level.

Dunn within Scurry 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

36 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Dunn between 2006 and 2018, burning about 351 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHEPPARDS CROSSING
27 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHEPPARD CROSSING
26 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFULLER RANCH 2 FIRE
15 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRAY
12 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 July 2007Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2016Debris and open burning3.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service164 WEST FM 1606

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scurry County

Storms near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunn in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 19 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2018Thunderstorm WindDunn1 hurt, $40,000A thunderstorm moved across Scurry County and produced wind damage in the southeast part of the county. Severe winds overturned a manufactured home near CR 4136 and CR 465 that resulted in one injury. This home was properly anchored to the ground but the survey team found that the estimated 110-120 mph winds caused the tie-down straps to fail and the house to roll from its original location. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
June 1999HailDunn$600,000Hail up to baseball size pounded the countryside near Dunn. Cars and houses suffered extensive damage in the area. Holes were knocked in vinyl siding.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDunn$200,000A thunderstorm moved across Scurry County and produced wind damage across the southeast portion of Scurry County. Winds were around 100 to 110 mph and snapped and mangled over 200 wooden power poles. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDunn$190,000A thunderstorm moved across Scurry County and produced wind damage. The areas of damage were northwest of Hermleigh, locations to the south of a tornado that impacted the northwest side of Hermleigh, and a rural area east of Dunn. This damage included snapped power poles, significant damage to trees and roofs, and an overturned manufactured home. Given the orientation of the damage, and re-analyzing the radar data, this damage was determined to be caused by rear-flank downdraft winds, with estimated peak wind speeds of 85-100 mph. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
May 1998HailDunn$150,000This storm was a supercell with a moderate to strong anti-cyclonically rotating updraft. The storm entered Scurry County from the south out of Mitchell County and dropped large hail over much of eastern Scurry County. In the China Grove community baseball size hail was reported.
May 1994HailDunn$5,000no account filed
June 2018Flash FloodDunn$2,000Thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across Scurry County and produced flash flooding. One rancher lost 17 head of cattle in the flash flood. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindDunn$1,000After the Mitchell County tornado dissipated, the storm moved into southern Scurry County where a rear-flank downdraft took down utility lines.
August 2022Flash FloodDunn$200Heavy rain resulted in flash flooding near Dunn. Farm to Market Road 1606 and Roadrunner Path were closed due to high water. The cost of damage was a very rough estimate.
August 2022Flash FloodDunn-Heavy rain resulted in flash flooding in Scurry County. There was a report of water over the road along County Road 4156 between Highway 208 and China Grove.
April 2021HailDunn-A thunderstorm produced hail that was estimated to be between quarter and golf ball size northeast of Dunn, TX.
May 2006HailDunn-Nickel to golfball size hail fell in southern Scurry County along Farm to Market Road 1606 east of Dunn.
March 2004HailDunn-The first of two separate severe thunderstorms to affect the Dunn community during the late afternoon of the 24th produced nickel size hail.
March 2004HailDunn-The second hail storm of the day to affect the Dunn community produced penny size hail.
May 2002HailDunn-Nickel to golfball hail was reported along Farm to Market Road 1606 from Dunn, eastward to Highway 84.
March 2000HailDunn-The Westbrook storm continued moving to the northeast into southern Scurry County.
May 2021HailDunn-no account filed
May 2021HailDunn-no account filed
May 2019HailDunn-no account filed
March 2017HailDunn-no account filed
March 2017HailDunn-no account filed
April 2016HailDunn-no account filed
April 2016HailDunn-no account filed
April 2009HailDunn-no account filed
May 2002HailDunn-no account filed
April 1997HailDunn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scurry 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
China Grove4.4 miles10
Ira6.3 miles9
Hermleigh8.2 miles9
Snyder10.5 miles10
Inadale10.9 miles8
Union12.7 miles10
Knapp13.5 miles9
Franklin Center13.6 miles9

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 DunnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5315526The 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 1334795. 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.