Oak Grove, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Quitman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75783. It stands on Chicken Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cartwright quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Cartwright quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
213 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,883 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 130 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS & TRAILER FIRE |
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 65_09 |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 347 |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 346 |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMPFIRE |
| 27 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9252013 |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEER FEEDER |
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 Grove: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hainesville Salt Dome | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Anhydrite, Halite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2016: 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 2016 | Hail | Oak Grove | - | Dime size hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 154 and County Road 3130. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Oak Grove | - | Quarter size hail near was reported near the intersection of Hwy. 154 and FM 14 east of Quitman, Texas. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Grove | - | The wind gust was measured on Hwy. 154 east of Quitman, Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Point | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cartwright | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Forest Hill | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Stout | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Little Hope | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Quitman | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Mills | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ogburn | 6.6 miles | 14 |
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 Oak Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q119854014 | 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 1380894. 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.




