BlockOenaville, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76579. It stands on Pecan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belfalls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Belfalls quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Oenaville between 2005 and 2012, burning about 443 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Smoking | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEAKLY |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BERGER RD FIRE |
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TROY MUT AID FM 935 |
| 4 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUMP GROUND FIRE |
| 28 April 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BERGER RD FIRE |
| 8 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOST PRARIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oenaville in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Oenaville | $100,000 | Several roads were covered with water in Temple. Water rescues were ongoing; specifically in Lyons Park. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oenaville | $1,000 | Hackberry trees were knocked down in Oenaville. There were also 5 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs downed. |
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.
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 Oenaville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113331322 | 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 1364346. 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.