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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.

Oletha within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

77 since 1996

Regional 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use18
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEYLAND
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEALE FIELD
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUGHES PROPERTY
3 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLCR 744
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUEN
25 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service937 LIMESTONE CO
10 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOletha$5,000Emergency management reported power lines down and power poles leaning from thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindOletha$2,000Trees were knocked over and were blocking the roadway near FM 937 and FM 1246, east of Thornton.
March 2025HailOletha-Reported via mPING east of Oletha.
March 2025HailOletha-Amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail covering the ground on the southwest side of Lake Limestone.
March 2025HailOletha-Public reported ping pong ball sized hail at CR 750 and CR 750A on Lake Limestone.
May 2024HailOletha-Pubic reported half dollar size hail via mPING.
May 2024HailOletha-Public reported nickel size hail at Lake Limestone.
November 2018HailOletha-Emergency management reported golf ball sized hail near Oletha, or about 10 miles south of the city of Groesbeck, TX.
October 2009FloodOletha-High water was reported on County Road 752 near Lake Limestone.
April 1996HailOletha-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindOletha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Limestone 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
Old Union3.5 miles7
Seale3.8 miles8
Davis Prairie7.3 miles6
New Hope7.9 miles7
Box Church8.5 miles7
Thornton9.2 miles6
Farrar9.8 miles7
Lost Prairie9.9 miles7

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.