BlockThree Oaks, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Poth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78114. The Survey maps it on the Three Oaks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1931 USGS Falls City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1931 USGS Tordia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Three Oaks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Three Oaks between 2009 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOM GILMORE |
| 24 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALLAN SEKULA |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Three Oaks: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korzekwa Pit | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Three Oaks in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Lightning | Three Oaks | $100,000 | A thunderstorm produced a lightning strike that ignited a tank battery fire in Falls City near the Atascosa-Wilson County Line. Four of twelve salt water batteries were destroyed and five site personnel had to shelter-in-place (SIP) as crews battled the fire. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Oaks | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 51 kts by the mesonet station in Three Oaks. |
| February 2018 | Hail | Three Oaks | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail near Three Oaks. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Three Oaks | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing multiple county roads including CR301, CR307, and CR539. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Oaks | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that damaged a house roof. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Oaks | - | Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated to 58 mph that caused extensive crop damage in Wilson County. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Three Oaks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewees | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Loma Vista | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Darilek | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ridout | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Poth | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Floresville | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fairview | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sunnyside | 12.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380661. 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.