BlockOnion Creek, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waxahachie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75119. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Emhouse quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Emhouse quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Onion Creek between 2006 and 2019, burning about 649 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1111906 |
| 28 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5757 FM 1126 |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NW1300 |
| 20 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 913602 |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LISKA ROAD GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Onion Creek in 1 storm report in 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Onion Creek | $5,000 | A resident in Ennis, TX submitted photos indicating numerous trees down near 937 Ramon's Road. The weather station on the property measured at least 71 mph. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378805. 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.