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Oak Cliff, Texas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75203. It stands on Kings Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oak Cliff quadrangle.

Oak Cliff within Dallas County

On record in Oak Cliff

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

392 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Oak Cliff between 2011 and 2017, burning about 89 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined332
Equipment and vehicle use31
Debris and open burning8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2700 SOUTHERLAND
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINGO2
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePERRYTON
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKIEST
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSILVER
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWALL
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTROY
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6001-6099 MARVIN D LOVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oak Cliff: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dallas QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Dallas Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
General Portland Clay PitClayProducer
Eagle-Ford Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
General Portland Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Cliff in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2009Flash FloodOak Cliff$30,000The exit ramp from Interstate 35 onto Illinois Avenue was closed due to high water. Seven cars went around the barricades and were stranded in the high water.
April 2022Flash FloodOak Cliff$15,000Fire and rescue reported a high water incident at the 4500 block of Village Fair Drive in Dallas, TX.
December 2013Heavy RainOak Cliff$13,000A vehicle lost control on I-35E due to slick roads from rain and crashed through a guardrail. The driver of the vehicle was killed and the passenger was injured.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindOak Cliff$5,000Amateur radio reported that multiple trees were blown down and the power knocked out at the Dallas Zoo.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOak Cliff$2,000Large tree limbs were down in the north Oak Cliff area.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindOak Cliff-A social media report indicated significant tree damage at the Dallas Zoo.
June 1997Flash FloodOak Cliff-Over 5.40 inches of rain in an hour resulted in a rapid rise of water and flooding of local streets.
May 2024HailOak Cliff-no account filed
May 2024HailOak Cliff-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Sargent1.7 miles20
Dallas3.0 miles26
Fruitdale3.1 miles20
Cockrell Hill4.0 miles21
Westwood Park4.4 miles21
Kenwood5.3 miles21
Arcadia Park5.3 miles21
Eagle Ford5.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378776. 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.

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.

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.