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Obregon, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Santa Anna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76823. The Survey maps it on the Bangs West quadrangle.

Obregon within Coleman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

103 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Obregon between 2003 and 2020, burning about 3,583 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use19
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism1
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2017Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 117 5001
30 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 585
17 September 2019Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FM 585

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coleman County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Obregon in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023HailObregon-Trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail.
May 2017HailObregon-Softball size hail was reported near Santa Anna.
June 2011HailObregon-Hail up to 2 inches in diameter with 60 to 70 MPH winds was reported. Significant damage to vegetation was reported in the area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindObregon-A 65 MPH wind gust was reported 6 miles southeast of Santa Anna.
June 2023HailObregon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coleman 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
Liberty0.4 miles14
Cleveland3.3 miles13
Buffalo4.9 miles15
Santa Anna4.9 miles13
San Angelo Junction8.1 miles13
Trickham9.3 miles13
Coleman12.6 miles13
Shields13.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380895. 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.