Odom, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75147. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prairieville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Kemp quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Kemp quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Prairieville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Odom between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,635 acres in total. None 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 burning | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0907171 PASTURE FIRE W/ EUSTACE |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2918 |
| 11 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 125 |
| 26 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013-163 |
| 24 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RESIDENTIAL GRASS FIRE |
| 23 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roddy | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Phalba | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Whitton | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Denman Crossroads | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Four Mile Prairie | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Jackson | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wise | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Walton | 9.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378785. 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.





