BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Dimmit County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Dimmit County Courthouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Public Square, Carrizo Springs, 78834
- When was it listed? August 1984
- Category. building
- Census division. Carrizo Springs
- Architect. Henry T. Phelps
- National Register reference number. 84001652 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
34 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Dimmit County Courthouse between 2005 and 2011, burning about 1,667 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dimmit County Courthouse: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84001652 in Record Group 79. |
| Dimmit County | All 3 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.