Owentown, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tyler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75708. It stands on Ray Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winona quadrangle. It stands 394 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.
- 1938 USGS Winona quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Winona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Winona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
373 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Owentown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,913 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 19 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 | 214 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 231 |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 121 |
| 9 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 120 |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH 10:35 |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6301 |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACKSON COMPLEX |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Owentown in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owentown | - | A tree was blown down across FM 2908 south of Highway 271. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Owentown | - | Highway 271 was flooded just south of I-20. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Owentown | - | FM 3311 north of I-20 over Wiggins Creek was washed out. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owentown | - | Trees were blown down along both County Road 384 and FM 2908. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Owentown | - | Quarter size hail fell at the University of Texas Health Science Center north of Tyler. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Owentown | - | Quarter size hail fell about one-half mile north of Interstate 20 on Highway 155. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Owentown | - | A photo was posted to the KLTV Facebook page of penny to nickel size hail that fell at the UT Health Science Center near Tyler. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Owentown | - | Hail fell just south of Highway 271. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Owentown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winona | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Springs | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Shady Grove | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Starrville | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bostick | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sand Flat | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Waters Bluff | 6.1 miles | 13 |
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 Owentown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076547 | 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 1343379. 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.






