Post Oak, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Blossom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75436. The Survey maps it on the Detroit quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
197 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Post Oak between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2,609 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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 | 123 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 349 |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6181 |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6219 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND/GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARPENTER RANCH |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6158 |
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5TH NW FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Post Oak in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 2 hail. 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 2024 | Hail | Post Oak | $2,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported on CR 45800 northeast of Blossom. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Post Oak | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Ridge | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Blossom | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Faught | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lone Star | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Novice | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pin Hook | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sun Valley | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Medill | 7.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380389. 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.




