Oakville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78071. It lies near Friday Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oakville quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.
On record in Oakville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Live Oak County Jaillisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1920 USGS Mikeska quadrangle1:125000
- 1927 USGS Oakville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Oakville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS George West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
117 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Oakville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 682 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019143 |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019141 |
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 72 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019140 |
| 18 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2009-110 |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-127 |
| 16 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-124 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Oakville: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium, Rhenium, Selenium, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfur Creek Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium, Rhenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Zamzow Mine (IEC) | Uranium, Selenium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Felder Uranium Operation | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Lamprecht Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Marrs-Mclean Pit No 1 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Marrs-Mclean Pit No 2 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Sulfer Creek Operation | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Zamzow Leaching Plant (Facility) | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakville in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakville | $200,000 | Around a dozen power poles and several highway signs were blown down along Interstate 37 near Oakville. A few roofs were peeled back on buildings in Oakville. Several trees and sheds were blown down also. |
| August 2022 | Flood | Oakville | - | Major flooding occurred in central Live Oak County as a flood wave continued to move down the Nueces River. Significant low land flooding occurred. Several homes were flooded in the River Creek Acres subdivision, southeast of George West. Roads and bridges near the river were flooded. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Oakville | - | Interstate 37 was closed due to high water near the community of Oakville. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Oakville | - | The heavy rain caused a creek to flood county roads with fast moving waters, between F.M. 1203 and FM 1358.| |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Oakville | - | A nearly stationary thunderstorm produced localized 6 to 8 inches of rain in 3 hours near Oakville along Interstate 37. The frontage road of I-37 around Sulphur Creek. had water over the road. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Oakville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ray Point | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ike | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Karon | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| George West | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| La Para | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Simmons | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| River Creek Acres | 10.8 miles | 12 |
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 Oakville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7074240 | 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 1343034. 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.
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.







