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Oldham, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Crockett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75835. The Survey maps it on the Grapeland quadrangle.

Oldham within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Oldham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,033 acres in total. 10 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 burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
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
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNKNOWN
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWESLEY BRADLEY
4 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2011301
30 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 163
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNKOWN
28 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIGHTMIRE
26 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMENDOSA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston 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
Latexo0.6 miles11
El Caney3.0 miles11
Nottingham Woods4.4 miles10
Hays Spring5.6 miles9
Crockett5.7 miles10
Druso5.8 miles10
Grapeland6.4 miles11
Germany7.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377446. 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.