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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1887 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 16 S |
| 2 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIVADA |
| 10 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RILEY MOUNTAIN |
| 6 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 16S |
| 25 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HICKS |
| 26 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 114 |
| 28 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S HWY 16 |
| 3 January 2006 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE SOUTH - 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Moss Mine | Vermiculite, Stone, Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Collins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | 1912 | |
| Garrett Property | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Oxford Area | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Texas Arch Aggregates Serpentine Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Prospects | Stone | Occurrence | Granite | |
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Road Material Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Road Material Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $2,000 | Telephone lines and poles were reported blown down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail south of Llano. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size hail south of Llano. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Oxford | - | 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Oxford | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing the low water crossing on CR 312 at Honey Creek southeast of Llano. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail northeast of Enchanted Rock State Park. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from pea to half dollar size south of Oxford. Hail fell for 13 minutes. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. |
| January 2020 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail south of Llano. The report was received on Facebook. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced three inch hail east-northeast of Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some large trees. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from one half to 1.5 inches. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Oxford | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced hail from one half inch to golf ball size. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Oxford | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail along Lost Hollow Road just east of Highway 16 between Llano and Willow City. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Oxford | - | Quarter size hail fell at the Rosewood Vineyard. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Oxford | - | Oxford Creek at crested at 12.4 feet at 1000cst on June 27, where flood stage is 8 feet. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Oxford | - | 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 1993 | Hail | Oxford | - | 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 2021 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | Oxford | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Oxford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Click | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Prairie Mountain | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Scotts Crossing | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Llano | 10.8 miles | 17 | |
| Gainesville | 10.9 miles | 15 | |
| Stolz | 14.3 miles | 16 | |
| Kingsland | 14.5 miles | 20 | |
| Castell | 14.9 miles | 16 |
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.










