BlockOil City, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Stinnett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79083. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Borger quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Oil City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,770 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Fireworks | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 2000 | Fireworks | under an acre | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | SANFORDYAK |
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | MOORE#4 |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | E TRIANGLE |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | BUGBEE#2 |
| 6 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.7 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | CEDAR CANYON |
| 5 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | SNEED |
| 4 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | SPRING CANYON |
| 28 September 2019 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHARLES HART LANE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oil City: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borger Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Electric City | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Stinnett | 6.7 miles | 6 | |
| Philrich | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Dial | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Bunavista | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Stekoll Camp | 7.5 miles | 6 | |
| Borger | 8.2 miles | 8 |
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 Oil City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16873873 | 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 1380290. 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.