Oletha, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Thornton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76687. The Survey maps it on the Oletha quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Oletha quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Oletha between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,343 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEYLAND |
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEALE FIELD |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUGHES PROPERTY |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LCR 744 |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUEN |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 937 LIMESTONE CO |
| 10 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oletha in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oletha | $5,000 | Emergency management reported power lines down and power poles leaning from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oletha | $2,000 | Trees were knocked over and were blocking the roadway near FM 937 and FM 1246, east of Thornton. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Oletha | - | Reported via mPING east of Oletha. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Oletha | - | Amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail covering the ground on the southwest side of Lake Limestone. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Oletha | - | Public reported ping pong ball sized hail at CR 750 and CR 750A on Lake Limestone. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oletha | - | Pubic reported half dollar size hail via mPING. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oletha | - | Public reported nickel size hail at Lake Limestone. |
| November 2018 | Hail | Oletha | - | Emergency management reported golf ball sized hail near Oletha, or about 10 miles south of the city of Groesbeck, TX. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Oletha | - | High water was reported on County Road 752 near Lake Limestone. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Oletha | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oletha | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Union | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Seale | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Davis Prairie | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| New Hope | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Box Church | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Thornton | 9.2 miles | 6 | |
| Farrar | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Lost Prairie | 9.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380305. 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.



