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River Oaks, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75137. It stands on Bentle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle.

River Oaks within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

102 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of River Oaks between 2006 and 2017, burning about 84 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined78
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRINIDAD
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceALTOONA
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD GLORY DR
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEAGAN
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service67 SB FIRE
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD HICKORY
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBARSTOW
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service67 NB BIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas 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
Woodland Hills1.3 miles21
Duncanville1.8 miles21
Shamrock2.3 miles21
Pleasant Run2.5 miles21
Red Bird Addition3.0 miles21
Cedar Hill3.5 miles21
DeSoto3.9 miles19
Cedarview4.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1345262. 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.