Durango, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76656. The Survey maps it on the Belfalls quadrangle. It stands 584 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Belfalls quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Durango between 2005 and 2018, burning about 362 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Smoking | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEAKLY |
| 5 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 483 DURANGO FIRE |
| 16 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIKES FIRE |
| 30 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUMP GROUND FIRE |
| 27 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 463 |
| 12 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durango in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | $100,000 | Emergency Manager reports roof damage to multiple structures including a single family home near Durango, TX. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Durango | $3,000 | A ham radio operator reported golf ball size hail on CR 478 in Durango. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | - | Amateur radio reported a wind gust of 78 MPH near Durango, TX. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durango | - | HAM radio operators estimated thunderstorm outflow wind gusts up to 70 mph approximately 1 mile east of Belfalls. |
| September 1996 | Hail | Durango | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cego | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dott | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Blevins | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lott | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Westphalia | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Chilton | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mooreville | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Travis | 8.3 miles | 13 |
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 Durango | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5316209 | 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 1356473. 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.




