Oak Village, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Victoria West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77905. It lies near Wade Reeves Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fannin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Fannin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Oak Village between 2006 and 2020, burning about 545 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLETOVILLE RD #2 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 446 FIRE |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 446 |
| 2 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLETOVILLE |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KEMPER CITY |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHUBERT |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 59 S FIRE |
| 9 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GIVENS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raisin | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Coletoville | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Aloe | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Quail Creek | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Chipley | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hughes | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Victoria | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Dernal | 11.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380275. 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.




