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Oklaunion, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Harrold-Oklaunion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76373. The Survey maps it on the Oklaunion quadrangle.

Oklaunion within Wilbarger County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

21 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Oklaunion between 2008 and 2018, burning about 3,761 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 287/OKLAUNION
24 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service18109
6 June 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOKLAUNION RR TRACKS
5 June 2010Equipment and vehicle use200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHEAT WEST OF BUG
25 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 287/CR 109
24 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 287 OKLAUNION #2
24 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 287 OKLAUNION
23 June 2013Equipment and vehicle use200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1763 FREELING FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilbarger County

Storms near this place

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oklaunion in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 22 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2000Tornado (F1)Oklaunion$50,000This tornado formed 1.5 miles southeast of Oklaunion on the south side of Highway 287 with information of its existence coming from a Doppler-On-Wheels chase team, but was later confirmed by descriptions of damage from the Oklaunion Fire Department. One tied down mobile home on the north side of Highway 287 was ripped up by the wind and strewn over a half mile area. The base of the mobile home was picked up and placed against the side of a barn 20 feet to its east. Three large barns had roof and wall damage, and one barn had several two by fours stuck sideways into its east-facing wall. Two grain storage bins had their roofs blown off, and the foundation of one bin was moved about 18 inches. One shed was damaged, and another was blown away. Also, a driver traveling on Highway 287 pulled over to the side of the road to wait out the storm and had a two by four blown through the back window. Although this tornado was rated F1, most damage is consistent with F0 damage.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindOklaunion$5,000A swath of strong thunderstorm wind damage occurred northeast of Oklaunion. Tree and house damage was noted on county road 117 N just north of US-287, near US-287 and county road 128 E, and along FM-1763.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindOklaunion$2,050A shed was blown into an adjacent field, along with many large tree limbs downed.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindOklaunion$1,000An old cotton gin was picked up and tossed 100 feet onto Highway 287.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindOklaunion$50Several tree limbs were downed.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindOklaunion$10no account filed
April 2017Tornado (EF0)Oklaunion-A tornado was observed and videotaped by a storm chaser, and was estimated to have occurred approximately 3 to 4 miles south-southwest of Oklaunion. No damage was reported.
June 2017Flash FloodOklaunion-FM 370 was closed due to water over road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindOklaunion-No damage reported.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindOklaunion-Minor structural damage occurred to a building. Power line damage was also reported. Monetary damages were not available.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Oklaunion-A storm chaser east of Davidson OK observed and photographed a partially rain-wrapped tornado to his south-southwest, estimated to be just south of the Red River in far northeastern Wilbarger County Texas. This tornado produced no known damage.
April 2004HailOklaunion-Hail was observed near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 433 and 2897.
April 1998Tornado (F0)Oklaunion-A small tornado (F0) touched down in a field for less than one minute.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindOklaunion-no account filed
April 2021HailOklaunion-no account filed
April 2021HailOklaunion-no account filed
April 2021HailOklaunion-no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOklaunion-no account filed
May 2020HailOklaunion-no account filed
April 2014HailOklaunion-no account filed
April 2014HailOklaunion-no account filed
May 2012HailOklaunion-no account filed
May 2012HailOklaunion-no account filed
April 2008HailOklaunion-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOklaunion-no account filed
May 2006HailOklaunion-no account filed
May 2006HailOklaunion-no account filed
April 2004HailOklaunion-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindOklaunion-no account filed
March 2000HailOklaunion-no account filed
April 2000HailOklaunion-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindOklaunion-no account filed
May 1996HailOklaunion-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindOklaunion-no account filed
April 1995HailOklaunion-no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindOklaunion-no account filed
April 1994HailOklaunion-no account filed
March 1993Tornado (F0)Oklaunion-no account filed
March 1993HailOklaunion-no account filed
March 1993HailOklaunion-no account filed
April 1993HailOklaunion-no account filed
April 1993HailOklaunion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wilbarger 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
Elliott4.8 miles9
Hinds6.5 miles9
Vernon6.7 miles9
Harrold6.8 miles11
Grayback9.7 miles7
Rock Crossing10.2 miles7
Midway Crossing12.1 miles7
Lockett12.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1364380. 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.