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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1937 USGS Troupe quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Troup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Troup East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
273 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 157 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20014 CR 2147 FIRE |
| 8 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARM MARKET RD. 346 FIRE |
| 5 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARP DR. FIRE |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 577 |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 573 |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 2164 FIRE |
| 25 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troup Plant | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omen | 2 hurt | Numerous 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Omen | - | A tree was downed on County Road 294 and Highway 64 East. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinclair City | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Arp | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Blackjack | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Troup | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Salem | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Wright City | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Whitehouse | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| New Chapel Hill | 7.1 miles | 16 |
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 Omen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22074857 | 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 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.






