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Glen Oaks, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Broaddus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75930. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bronson quadrangle.

Glen Oaks within San Augustine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Glen Oaks between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,596 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 867
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN AUGUSTINE 13:54
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use85 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 672
30 September 2006Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 327
29 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2013Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7130
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 324
21 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND-27

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Augustine County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Anthony Harbor1.3 miles12
Blue Springs1.4 miles12
Massa1.6 miles13
Parkway4.8 miles13
Veach5.4 miles13
White City5.7 miles13
Chinquapin9.2 miles12
Broaddus9.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1383721. 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.