BlockOak Creek Village, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77068. It lies near Spring Gully. The Survey maps it on the Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1916 USGS Spring quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Spring quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Spring quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Oak Creek Village between 1995 and 2020, burning about 371 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 834 |
| 20 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 743 |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E084 |
| 24 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E084 |
| 8 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E004 |
| 17 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 400 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oak Creek Village: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olde Oaks | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bammel Timbers | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bammel | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ponderosa Forest | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Wimbledon Champions | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bammel Forest | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Cashel Forest | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cypress Villas | 1.7 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551853 | 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 2472173. 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.