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Oakdale, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77327. It lies near Tarkington Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Tarkington Prairie quadrangle.

Oakdale within Liberty County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Oakdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,776 acres in total. 5 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 burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS & WOODS
20 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 108
1 September 2000Natural5,000 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 361
2 August 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2017Debris and open burning1.3 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4533
30 July 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2009Natural21 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 155
28 July 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Ainsworth3.2 miles12
Carter Settlement3.7 miles12
Lumm4.7 miles12
Macedonia5.1 miles12
Grace5.7 miles12
Snuff Ridge5.7 miles12
Pelican5.9 miles12
Seaman6.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377124. 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.