BlockOcaw, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76705. The Survey maps it on the Waco East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1920 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000
- 1931 USGS Elm Mott quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Waco East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
411 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 411 fires within 5 miles of Ocaw between 2003 and 2020, burning about 930 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 290 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2530031 |
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-2520018 |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-2510008 |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE - 1382 HWY 31 |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE-OLD DALLAS RD |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE-FROSTDALE DRIVE |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDFIRE-SPRING LAKE ROAD |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROL BURN - HOT SPEEDWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacy-Lakeview | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Northcrest | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bellmead | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Elm Mott | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| East Waco | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Oaklake | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Vemo | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Wardlaw | 5.3 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122549046 | 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 1364332. 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.