O'Quinn, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the La Grange West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78945. The Survey maps it on the Swiss Alp quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Swiss Alp quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of O'Quinn between 1993 and 2017, burning about 453 acres in total. None 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names O'Quinn in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Quinn | $1,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that damaged the roof of a house. |
| December 2024 | Hail | O Quinn | - | A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail on FM 609 between Mach Rd. and Black Jack Rd. near O'Quinn. |
| May 2023 | Hail | O Quinn | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail southeast of La Grange. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378774. 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.




