West Oakland, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Beaumont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77705. It lies near Jones Gully. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont East quadrangle.

West Oakland within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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.

1926 USGS Vidor quadrangle1:24000
1932 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Beaumont East quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Beaumont East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Beaumont East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of West Oakland between 1996 and 2015, burning about 120 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
Debris and open burning	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
31 May 2003	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WOODVILLE - 77
17 April 2010	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 111
14 April 2010	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 103
19 March 1996	Debris and open burning	85 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
14 December 2010	Debris and open burning	18 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 506
22 October 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
30 January 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
20 January 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	7546 ERIE ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West Oakland: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Bromine, Silica, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Spindletop Dome Mine	Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure	Past Producer	1950, 1952, 1976
Spindletop Dome Sulfur Mine	Sulfur	Producer
Beaumont Plant	Bromine	Producer
Rose City Pit	Silica	Producer
Rose City Sand Pit	Silica	Producer
Spindletop Wells	Bromine	Producer	Brine

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sunnyside	1.8 miles	15
Caldwood Acres	1.8 miles	15
Walden	1.9 miles	15
Higgins	2.0 miles	19
Caldwood	2.5 miles	15
Beaumont	2.5 miles	19
Zummo	3.0 miles	19
Calder Terrace	3.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349774. 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.