BlockOaks, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pettus-Pawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78119. The Survey maps it on the Ray Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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 Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Suniland quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ray Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Oaks between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,455 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-118 |
| 5 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 136 |
| 30 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE SIDE OF ROAD |
| 19 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 623&CR 128 |
| 11 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS AND STRUCTURAL FIRE |
| 4 July 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 17 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oaks: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nell Plant | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Sulphur Creek Occurrence | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite |
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 Oaks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113039390 | 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 1380280. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.