Olmos, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Skidmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78389. The Survey maps it on the Tynan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1927 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Mathis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tynan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Olmos between 2005 and 2020, burning about 522 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 796 |
| 15 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13/26 |
| 12 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7-DEC |
| 23 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15/16 |
| 23 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14/23 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olmos in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2009: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olmos | $25,000 | A supercell moved southeast across Live Oak County into Bee County. This storm produced a 5 to 10 mile swath of damage mainly due to high winds. A couple of semi-trucks were turned over along Interstate 37. Several power poles were snapped or leaned over along with highway signs being blown over and business signs blown out. Medium to large tree branches were snapped in some areas along the path. Damage to cables on cell phone towers was also observed. The winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 mph with gusts as high as 80 mph. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Olmos | - | Between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell late on the 23rd and during the early morning hours of the 24th across rural, western Bee county. Several Farm to Market roads were flooded and closed, including F.M. 796, F.M. 888 and F.M. 797.| |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Oaks Number 2 Colonia | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Tynan | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Clareville | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Skidmore | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Yougeen | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Salazar Heights Colonia | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Blue Berry Hill Colonia | 10.4 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Olmos | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113039519 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378804. 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.






