BlockOklahoma Flat, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Levelland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79339. The Survey maps it on the Oklahoma Flat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Oklahoma Flat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Levelland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Oklahoma Flat between 2009 and 2011, burning about 501 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N 2646 RD |
| 30 March 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COBB FIRE |
| 28 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROWLEY FIRE |
| 28 January 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOVER & NORWAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oklahoma Flat in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2021: 3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oklahoma Flat | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. Wind-driven heavy rain and hail also damaged crops. |
| June 2021 | Flood | Oklahoma Flat | - | A trained spotter reported that low-lying portions of US Highway 385 between Spain Road and Farm to Market Road 1294 were not passable due to water over the roadway. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Oklahoma Flat | - | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Flood | Oklahoma Flat | - | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Flood | Oklahoma Flat | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitharral | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Pep | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Pettit | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Anton | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| Levelland | 13.8 miles | 7 | |
| Coble | 14.3 miles | 7 | |
| Opdyke West | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Opdyke | 14.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380291. 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.