BlockOakland, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Grand Saline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75103. It stands on Sandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Canton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
91 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Oakland between 1994 and 2020, burning about 556 acres in total. None 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2211 VZCR 3501 |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4107 |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4123 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 64 |
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7121 |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 159 VZCR 3224 |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18018 FM 17 |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM AND VZCR 1207 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakland in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Oakland | $100,000 | An EF-0 tornado touched down around 9.5 miles east of Canton along CR 1321 then moved northeast passing south and east of Grand Saline before crossing US Highway 80 and lifting north of Silver Lake. One home on FM 1255 lost part of the wall on an addition built over the garage, and a mobile home along FM 1255 near CR 1605 had roof and porch damage. Another home suffered roof damage on CR 1701. Several trees were also uprooted or damaged along the path. The tornado may have crossed into Wood County for a short distance, but due to the lack of roads in the area this could not be confirmed. Maximum estimated winds were 80 mph. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Oakland | - | Storm spotters and storm chasers observed a brief tornado to the southwest of Grand Saline. Damage to trees was observed by the survey crew from the National Weather Service office. |
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.
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 Oakland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116055750 | 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 1378782. 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.
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.