Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
“The former Live Oak County Jail is located in Oakville in the U.S. state of Texas. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.”
Wikipedia article Live Oak County Jail, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Live Oak County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Live Oak County Jail between 2006 and 2020, burning about 673 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019143 |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019141 |
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 72 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019140 |
| 18 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2009-110 |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-127 |
| 16 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-124 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Live Oak County Jail: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium, Rhenium, Selenium, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfur Creek Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium, Rhenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Zamzow Mine (IEC) | Uranium, Selenium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Felder Uranium Operation | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Lamprecht Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Marrs-Mclean Pit No 1 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Marrs-Mclean Pit No 2 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Sulfer Creek Operation | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Zamzow Leaching Plant (Facility) | Uranium | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakville, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakville | $200,000 | Around a dozen power poles and several highway signs were blown down along Interstate 37 near Oakville. A few roofs were peeled back on buildings in Oakville. Several trees and sheds were blown down also. |
| August 2022 | Flood | Oakville | - | Major flooding occurred in central Live Oak County as a flood wave continued to move down the Nueces River. Significant low land flooding occurred. Several homes were flooded in the River Creek Acres subdivision, southeast of George West. Roads and bridges near the river were flooded. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Oakville | - | Interstate 37 was closed due to high water near the community of Oakville. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Oakville | - | The heavy rain caused a creek to flood county roads with fast moving waters, between F.M. 1203 and FM 1358.| |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Oakville | - | A nearly stationary thunderstorm produced localized 6 to 8 inches of rain in 3 hours near Oakville along Interstate 37. The frontage road of I-37 around Sulphur Creek. had water over the road. |
| January 1999 | Hail | Oakville | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000098 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Live Oak County | All 1 listed properties in this county. |
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