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Oxford, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78643. It stands on Hog Branch. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.

Oxford within Llano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Oxford between 2006 and 2020, burning about 342 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 16 S
2 August 2018Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIVADA
10 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRILEY MOUNTAIN
6 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 16S
25 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHICKS
26 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 114
28 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceS HWY 16
3 January 2006Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEST ZONE SOUTH - 6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Llano County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Oxford: 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Vermiculite, Stone, Talc-Soapstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Carl Moss MineVermiculite, Stone, Talc-SoapstonePast Producer1935
Collins QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Talc-SoapstonePast Producer1912
Garrett PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Oxford AreaTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceMetamorphic
Texas Arch Aggregates Serpentine QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ProspectsStoneOccurrenceGranite
QuarryStonePast ProducerGranite
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Road Material PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Llano County

Storms near this place

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oxford in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 19 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Thunderstorm WindOxford$2,000Telephone lines and poles were reported blown down.
May 2025HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail south of Llano.
March 2025HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail south of Llano.
June 2025Flash FloodOxford-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. RM 152 and RM 2323 were closed at some of the tributaries to the Llano River east and southeast of Castell.
July 2025Flash FloodOxford-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing the low water crossing on CR 312 at Honey Creek southeast of Llano.
May 2024HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail northeast of Enchanted Rock State Park.
April 2024HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from pea to half dollar size south of Oxford. Hail fell for 13 minutes.
May 2023HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.
January 2020HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail south of Llano. The report was received on Facebook.
May 2019HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced three inch hail east-northeast of Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindOxford-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some large trees.
April 2014HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from one half to 1.5 inches.
March 2012Flash FloodOxford-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of low water crossings closing Ranch Road 2323 between Flag Creek and Hickory Creek southwest of Llano.
May 2011HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced hail from one half inch to golf ball size.
October 2010HailOxford-A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail along Lost Hollow Road just east of Highway 16 between Llano and Willow City.
April 2008HailOxford-Quarter size hail fell at the Rosewood Vineyard.
June 2007FloodOxford-Oxford Creek at crested at 12.4 feet at 1000cst on June 27, where flood stage is 8 feet.
March 2007Flash FloodOxford-Up to 5 inches of rain fell south of Llano around the Oxford area in the mid and later morning. TxDOT reported several roads closed due to high water.
March 1993HailOxford-The sheriff's office made several reports of large hail. The initial report came from Oxford, of dime-size hail. A few minutes later golfball-size hail was reported in Kingsland. About an hour late as another area of thunderstorms moved into the County nickel-size hail was reported south of Llano.
March 2021HailOxford-no account filed
April 2014HailOxford-no account filed
April 2014HailOxford-no account filed
April 2014HailOxford-no account filed
May 2011HailOxford-no account filed
November 2004HailOxford-no account filed
May 2000HailOxford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Llano 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
Click7.5 miles15
Prairie Mountain9.8 miles15
Scotts Crossing10.3 miles15
Llano10.8 miles17
Gainesville10.9 miles15
Stolz14.3 miles16
Kingsland14.5 miles20
Castell14.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380319. 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.