BlockOgles, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lampasas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76550. The Survey maps it on the Ogles quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1887 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lometa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Ogles quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Ogles (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 602 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2006 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9000 N HWY 183 |
| 12 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11881 N 183 |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1529 CR 2023 |
| 20 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD LOMETA FIRE |
| 2 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4199 COUNTY ROAD 2207 |
| 24 May 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nix | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lometa | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Radio Junction | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Lampasas | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Senterfitt | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Senterfitt (historical) | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sparks Crossing | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rumley | 12.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2744614. 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.