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Ocee, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Crawford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76638. The Survey maps it on the Speegleville quadrangle.

Ocee within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

177 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Ocee between 2001 and 2020, burning about 723 acres in total. 4 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 burning68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service297 WESTERN DR.
3 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEW WINDSOR PARKWAY SPEEGLEVILLE
3 September 2015Debris and open burning26 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEEGLVILLE COMMAND
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2960 SPEEGLE RD
26 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR ROCK PKWY & STAR DUST
25 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service311 FAIRHEAVEN
25 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2015Debris and open burning35 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHURCH WILDLAND FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ocee: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tonk QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ocee in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023HailOcee$2,000,000A CoCoRaHS Observer located southeast of Valley Mills reported an average hailstone size of 1.25 inches, but the largest measured hail stone was 4 inches in diameter. Large amounts of hail fell for roughly 20 minutes and shredded leaves, damaged roof shingles, dented cars, and broke house windows. The school district had to cancel school due to damage sustained from the large hail.
April 2023HailOcee$750,000Large amounts of baseball sized hail was reported southeast of Valley Mills.
June 2010Flash FloodOcee$100,000High water was reported in a residential structure in the city of Lorena. Several intersections in Hewitt were barricaded due to high water and Farm-to-Market Road 185 west of Waco Lake was closed due to flash flooding. Several roads by the Waco airport were also closed due to high water. Flooding was also reported in Lacy-Lakeview and Lorena.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindOcee$15,000A porch was blown off a house.
May 2017HailOcee-A social media report indicated half-dollar sized hail just north of the city of Crawford, TX.
April 2008HailOcee-no account filed
April 2008HailOcee-no account filed
April 2008HailOcee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Highland1.5 miles19
Windsor2.4 miles19
Willow Grove3.2 miles19
Caldwell Crossing4.8 miles19
Crawford4.9 miles16
Eichelberger Crossing4.9 miles19
Speegleville5.5 miles19
South Bosque6.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380282. 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.