White Oak, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Longview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75693. The Survey maps it on the White Oak quadrangle. 6,225 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWhite Oak fell from 6,469 to 6,225 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,469 | |
| 2020 | 6,225 | -244 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS White Oak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
544 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 544 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,426 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 39 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 | 204 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 151 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 600 S. LOOP 485 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 42 |
| 9 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BINGHAM |
| 8 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1802 N. WHITE OAK RD |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINE 15-318 |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6177 |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEWART ST |
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Oak in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 14 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | White Oak | $50,000 | This is a continuation of the Southern Upshur County tornado that initially touched down along North White Oak Road. This tornado strengthened into an EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds between 100-110 mph as it entered Northern Gregg County between Morgan Road and East Mountain Road, where several large pine, cedar, and mesquite trees were snapped or uprooted across open pastureland. A few shingles were also blown off of a home at the intersection of East Mountain Road and Shiloh Road. This tornado partially lifted back to treetop levels as it moved along Shiloh Road, with numerous trees sheared near the top. The most extensive damage came to the Shiloh Baptist Church, where the tornado tore off a small section of the roof and steeple and threw them northeast into the adjacent church cemetery. Several large hardwoods were also snapped at the base or uprooted along Shiloh Road and in the cemetery, with this damage justifying the high end EF-1 damage. The tornado continued east along Shiloh Road where it partially lifted back to treetop level, shearing the tops off of numerous trees before finally lifting about one-half mile west of Farm to Market Road 1845 near the East Mountain community. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $40,000 | A tree was blown onto a house causing severe structural damage. Power lines were toppled and numerous trees felled. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $25,000 | Numerous trees down including trees across two homes causing moderate to light roof damage. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | $20,000 | A large tree fell on a house on Bingham Road. Another tree was blocking the road at Bingham and White Oak Road. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | White Oak | - | Highway 80 at the Lake Devernia bridge was flooded and closed. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | A large tree was blown down blocking FM 3272 in White Oak. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Power lines were downed in Warren City. |
| May 2017 | Hail | White Oak | - | Half dollar size hail fell in White Oak. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | A tree fell onto a home in White Oak. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | White Oak | - | Highway 80 both east and west bounds was closed at Lake Devernia due to flooding. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | White Oak | - | Flooding was reported on George Richie Road on the northwest side of Longview. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | White Oak | - | Numerous roads were underwater and closed in the city of Longview, Texas. The flooding was so widespread that a Disaster Declaration was declared for the city of Longview, Texas as well as for Gregg County itself. As many as 40 used cars were lost to flood waters athe the Patterson Used Car lot on West Cotton Street. More than 25 high water rescues were reported in the city of Longview during the height of the flash flood event. A temporary shelter was set up at the Longview Christian Fellowship Church. The number of structures flooded and the monetary dollar amount of those structures were not available for this writing. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Trees were downed in White Oak, Texas. |
| November 2011 | Hail | White Oak | - | Hail was reported in the White Oak community. |
| April 2004 | Hail | White Oak | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Trees downed. |
| December 2001 | Flash Flood | White Oak | - | Watley Road and portions of Old Hwy 80 closed from flooding. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Several large trees down. |
| January 1998 | Hail | White Oak | - | Softball size hail. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Oak | - | Several large trees were blown down across Hwy 80. |
| August 2003 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | White Oak | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville City | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Warren City | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Teneryville | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shiloh | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Hill | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Greggton | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Gladewater | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Seven Pines | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on White Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977016 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349958. 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.



