BlockOriana, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Aspermont South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79528. It stands on Stinking Creek. The Survey maps it on the Peacock quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 6 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Peacock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Aspermont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Oriana (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 150 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2020 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WERDELL MORGAN REKNDLE |
| 21 July 2020 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WENDELL MORGAN |
| 30 June 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2008 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peacock | 2.4 miles | 6 | |
| Double Mountain | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Swenson | 7.3 miles | 6 | |
| Aspermont | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dorras | 12.5 miles | 6 | |
| Red Bluff Crossing | 13.9 miles | 15 | |
| Geneview | 15.7 miles | 7 | |
| Sandlin | 17.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2035005. 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.