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Oglesby, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Oglesby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76561. The Survey maps it on the Oglesby quadrangle. 441 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.

Oglesby within Coryell County

Population over time

2 figures

Oglesby fell from 484 to 441 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010484
2020441-43 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

65 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Oglesby between 2006 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning27
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Natural2

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
9 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 315 FIRE
4 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3560 CR 303
29 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10944 FM 107 FIRE
29 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 107
25 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10000 FM 107
2 August 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 344 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coryell 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 Oglesby: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Oglesby Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Coryell County

Storms near this place

24 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oglesby in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 1997Tornado (F1)Oglesby2 hurt, $75,000A tornado developed near Oglesby, moved south for 5 miles and dissipated near Mother Neff State Park. Along the tornado's path a home received major damage, siding was removed from a church, several barns and outbuildings were destroyed, numerous large trees were uprooted and a car with 5 occupants was lifted from the road and thrown onto a fence. Two of the occupants received minor injuries.
March 2007Flash FloodOglesby$250,000Highway 36 was closed due to high water. Six homes were damaged and twenty high water rescues were required. Several vehicles were washed away, and trailers were forced off their foundations by the force of the water. Portions of roads were also washed away.
December 2006Tornado (F1)Oglesby$200,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Fort Worth revealed that a tornado developed just south of CR 315 and moved rapidly north-northeast. It damaged numerous trees along CR 315 and FM 107. As the tornado moved just west of Oglesby, it damaged homes and sheds along CR 303, CR 305, and CR 306. A home south of CR 306 had shingles and a portion of roof decking removed. The tornado dissipated just north of Highway 84.
April 2023HailOglesby$100,000A public report indicated 2-inch diameter hail about 4 miles north-northwest of Oglesby, TX.
October 1998Tornado (F2)Oglesby$50,000Two brick homes were destroyed and large trees were uprooted when a narrow tornado touched down briefly.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindOglesby$40,000The chimney of a home on Knowles Road near Ogelsby was knocked off the home by strong thunderstorm winds. A tractor and three cars on the property were also damaged. The carport at his neighbor's house was blown across the yard.
March 2007Tornado (EF1)Oglesby$35,000Barns and two homes were damaged. Trees were also blown down.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindOglesby$30,000Strong winds damaged a mobile home.
December 1997Flash FloodOglesby$30,000A home was reported flooded by high water.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindOglesby$15,000A horse barn was destroyed.
May 2006HailOglesby$5,000no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindOglesby$3,000Trees down on CR 315 and power lines down on CR 318.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindOglesby$500The local newspaper reported a few trees were down in Oglesby and were blocking roads.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindOglesby-Amateur radio reported trees down in Oglesby.
March 2016HailOglesby-Broadcast media reported nickel-sized hail near the intersection of Hwy 84 and FM 1996.
February 2009HailOglesby-Quarter size hail fell in Oglesby.
March 2007Flash FloodOglesby-A few secondary roads closed due to flooding.
June 2005HailOglesby-KWTX-TV in Waco reported golf ball size hail.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindOglesby-Trees and signs were blown down by high winds.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindOglesby-Strong winds blew down trees.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindOglesby-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindOglesby-no account filed
May 1997HailOglesby-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindOglesby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coryell 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
Lime City2.0 miles16
Cavitt3.0 miles16
Pecan Grove (historical)4.9 miles16
Whitson6.8 miles16
Leon Junction7.1 miles17
Osage7.9 miles12
Mound8.3 miles16
South Mountain9.0 miles16

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 OglesbyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q980876The 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 1364348. 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.