BlockDye, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Montague-Forestburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76239. It stands on Dye Mound. The Survey maps it on the Forestburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1905 USGS Montague quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Forestburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
39 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Dye between 2004 and 2019, burning about 2,231 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 455 WEST |
| 28 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRIVATE RD FIRE |
| 21 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 18 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 June 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORED RD FIRE |
| 3 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mallard | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gladys | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hardy | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Dry Valley | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Montague | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Forestburg | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Jo | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Salona | 8.8 miles | 10 |
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 Dye | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122834623 | 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 1384230. 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.