BlockOakdale, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75487. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mitchell Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Oakdale between 1996 and 2020, burning about 823 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6117 |
| 4 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 363 |
| 26 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9567 US 37 N |
| 1 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 110 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 210 |
| 24 February 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Eureka | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hagansport | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Vernon | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Daphne | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Union | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Majors | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Purley | 12.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380276. 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.