BlockOak Forest, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Harwood-Ottine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78629. It stands on Clemens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cost quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cost quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Oak Forest between 2000 and 2017, burning about 420 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 103 |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORNUNG |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OTTINE |
| 31 August 2014 | Natural | 8.4 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INDEPENDENCE FIRE |
| 12 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN GANNON HAY BARN |
| 19 July 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK FOREST |
| 10 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOUSAND OAKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Forest in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Hail | Oak Forest | - | A thunderstorm produced hail from two to three inches in diameter approximately six miles west of Gonzales. Pictures of the hail were posted on X. |
| November 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Oak Forest | - | A thunderstorm produced a funnel cloud north of Cost. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Monthalia | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Saint James | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cost | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Belmont | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Slayden | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bebe | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Summerville | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1342960. 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.