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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1951 USGS Dunn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHEPPARDS CROSSING |
| 27 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHEPPARD CROSSING |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FULLER RANCH 2 FIRE |
| 15 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAY |
| 12 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 164 WEST FM 1606 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunn | 1 hurt, $40,000 | A 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 1999 | Hail | Dunn | $600,000 | Hail 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunn | $200,000 | A 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunn | $190,000 | A 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 1998 | Hail | Dunn | $150,000 | This 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 1994 | Hail | Dunn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Dunn | $2,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunn | $1,000 | After the Mitchell County tornado dissipated, the storm moved into southern Scurry County where a rear-flank downdraft took down utility lines. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Dunn | $200 | Heavy 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 2022 | Flash Flood | Dunn | - | 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 2021 | Hail | Dunn | - | A thunderstorm produced hail that was estimated to be between quarter and golf ball size northeast of Dunn, TX. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Dunn | - | Nickel to golfball size hail fell in southern Scurry County along Farm to Market Road 1606 east of Dunn. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Dunn | - | The first of two separate severe thunderstorms to affect the Dunn community during the late afternoon of the 24th produced nickel size hail. |
| March 2004 | Hail | Dunn | - | The second hail storm of the day to affect the Dunn community produced penny size hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Dunn | - | Nickel to golfball hail was reported along Farm to Market Road 1606 from Dunn, eastward to Highway 84. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Dunn | - | The Westbrook storm continued moving to the northeast into southern Scurry County. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Dunn | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Dunn | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Dunn | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Dunn | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Dunn | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Dunn | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Dunn | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Dunn | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Dunn | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Dunn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Grove | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ira | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Hermleigh | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Snyder | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Inadale | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Union | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Knapp | 13.5 miles | 9 | |
| Franklin Center | 13.6 miles | 9 |
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 Dunn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5315526 | 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 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.



