Editing Damon, Texas (section)

==Geography==
Damon is located in northwestern Brazoria County at {{coord|29|17|22|N|95|44|13|W|type:city}} (29.289519, -95.737038). According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.394|sqmi|km2|sp=us}}, all land.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Damon is {{convert|2|mi|km}} from the [[San Bernard River]] and {{convert|8|mi|km}} from the [[Brazos River]]. The community is between [[Needville, Texas|Needville]] in [[Fort Bend County]] and [[West Columbia, Texas|West Columbia]] in Brazoria County.<ref name=Doc211p2>"[http://damonisd.net/view/211.pdf 211.pdf]." [[Damon Independent School District]]. p. 1/5. Retrieved on December 5, 2016.</ref>

Damon is home to the highest point in Brazoria County, Damon Mound, rising {{convert|144|ft|m|1}} above sea level.

The west part of the town sits atop Damon Mound, the surface expression of a salt [[diapir]] or dome. The plug of salt rises through geological formations of [[Tertiary]] geologic age. The top of the salt mass is about {{convert|500|ft|m|0}} below the surface and above it are [[limestone]], [[gypsum]], and [[anhydrite]]. [[Petroleum]] was trapped around the salt dome in [[sandstone]] and limestone layers. Five million barrels of crude oil were extracted from 85 wells in the years up to 1924. In the year 1930 alone the mound yielded 224,000 barrels of oil.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=United States Geological Survey |title=Geological Survey Bulletin 845: Part F. Southern Pacific Lines |accessdate=4 August 2012 |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/geology/publications/bul/845/sec7.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312205741/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/geology/publications/bul/845/sec7.htm |archivedate=12 March 2016 }}</ref>