Lone Oak, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lone Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75453. The Survey maps it on the Lone Oak South quadrangle. 643 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 564 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLone Oak grew from 521 to 643 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 521 | |
| 2010 | 598 | +77 (+15%) |
| 2020 | 643 | +45 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Emory quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Lone Oak between 2003 and 2020, burning about 751 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CITY LIMITS FIRE |
| 24 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 2131803 |
| 11 September 2013 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLING HILLS FIRE |
| 1 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 69 & FM 513 |
| 9 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOYER |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 155 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WIND POIN NORTH BRANCH - 110 |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GS 4901624 |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GF 4904764 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Oak in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 10 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Lone Oak | $500,000 | An EF0 tornado hit the Rolling Hills subdivision southwest of Lone Oak. Ten homes sustained damage with one home completely destroyed. The destroyed home was an unoccupied apartment over a garage. The apartment was lifted up from its wood beam supports and displaced along the track of the twister. In addition, tree damage was observed, and some trees and tree limbs damaged homes and cars. The maximum winds were estimated to be between 80-85 mph. |
| October 2007 | Lightning | Lone Oak | $100,000 | A church on Highway 69 South was hit by lightning and burned to the ground. The fire marshall reported the building was a total loss. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | $100,000 | Barns were blown down, trees a blown down onto houses and utility poles blown down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | $50,000 | A roof was damaged by high winds. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Lone Oak | $15,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in Lone Oak. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Lone Oak | $10,000 | The Sheriff's Office reported that several county roads remained under water. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Lone Oak | $5,000 | Golfball-size hail reported. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | $5,000 | Power poles and tree limbs broken. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines down between Cumby and Lone Oak. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Lone Oak | $3,000 | Several county roads were underwater. |
| January 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | $1,000 | One power pole was knocked down south of the town of Lone Oak. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | - | Emergency manager reported measured wind gust of 61 mph in Lone Oak. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Lone Oak | - | A trained spotter reported half-dollar sized hail in the city of Loan Oak, TX. |
| November 2018 | Hail | Lone Oak | - | Amateur radio reported half-dollar sized hail near the intersection of Route 69 and FM 513, approximately 13 miles northeast of the city of Quinlan, TX. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | - | Limbs, branches and trees were blown down near Lone Oak. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Lone Oak | - | Penny size hail reported on Highway 69. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | - | Large tree limbs and a sign knocked down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | - | Strong winds blew down a large tree. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lone Oak | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Lone Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lone Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Oak | - | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Hail | Lone Oak | - | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Hail | Lone Oak | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wieland | 6.5 miles | 6 | |
| Weiland | 6.7 miles | 6 | |
| Dixon | 6.8 miles | 6 | |
| West Tawakoni | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cash | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Center Point | 9.2 miles | 6 | |
| Boles Home | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Bethel | 9.6 miles | 6 |
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 Lone Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q613957 | 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 1340378. 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.




