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Oklahoma, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77354. The Survey maps it on the Oklahoma quadrangle.

Oklahoma within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Oklahoma between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1,072 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 190
30 September 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 406
1 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery 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 Oklahoma: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite. 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
Perlite of Houston PlantPerliteProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oklahoma in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindOklahoma$100,000Trees and fences were downed.
June 2019LightningOklahoma$50,000A lightning strike to a home set the roof on fire and caused extensive damage to the residence.
June 2025HailOklahoma-A trained storm spotter reported quarter inch hail in the Woodlands.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindOklahoma-Large pine trees were downed.
April 2013HailOklahoma-A severe thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Decker Prairie3.5 miles11
Ventura4.3 miles11
Pinehurst4.8 miles11
Egypt4.8 miles13
The Woodlands5.5 miles13
Stagecoach6.4 miles11
Mostyn7.2 miles11
Shenandoah7.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1343107. 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.