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Oakland, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jacksboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76458. It lies near Mount Lebo. The Survey maps it on the Antelope quadrangle.

Oakland within Jack County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

42 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,171 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning7
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAC LANE
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJ MATTOX FIRE
8 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2005Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2005Natural6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 175 AT SHANNON
31 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROBERTS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jack 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
Lynn Creek4.3 miles8
Antelope4.5 miles9
Postoak8.2 miles8
Jermyn11.9 miles8
Truce13.8 miles7
Maryetta14.1 miles7
Jacksboro15.5 miles9
Senate16.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380279. 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.