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Omen, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Troup-Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75750. The Survey maps it on the Troup East quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.

Omen within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

273 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Omen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,250 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 burning157
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking9
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service20014 CR 2147 FIRE
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFARM MARKET RD. 346 FIRE
5 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceARP DR. FIRE
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 577
29 September 2006Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 573
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 2164 FIRE
25 September 1999Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Omen: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Troup PlantClayProducer

Every working recorded in Smith County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Omen in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindOmen2 hurtNumerous trees were downed in the East Lake Woods Subdivision along the eastern shore of Lake Tyler East and a large tree also fell through a mobile home nearby along Highway 64, injuring a female and baby in the home.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindOmen-A tree was downed on County Road 294 and Highway 64 East.
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Omen-An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds between 86-90 mph touched down a few miles northwest of the Arp community along County Road 230. This short-lived tornado moved southeast along Farm To Market Road 2103 before lifting. Several trees were uprooted along a narrow path.

Every storm recorded in Smith 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
Sinclair City1.8 miles15
Arp2.5 miles15
Blackjack4.0 miles16
Troup5.1 miles15
Salem5.2 miles15
Wright City6.4 miles13
Whitehouse6.5 miles16
New Chapel Hill7.1 miles16

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 OmenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22074857The 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 1343273. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.