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Oketeyeconne, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Gaines census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39851. The Survey maps it on the Fort Gaines NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oketeyeconne within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

81 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Oketeyeconne (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 431 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
4 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CLAY-001
25 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-5
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CLAY-004
31 August 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Oketeyeconne (historical): 8 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
DeloachAluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Lipscomb MinesAluminumPast Producer
Unnamed DepositAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed DepositAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed DepositAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed DepositAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed DepositAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed DepositAluminumOccurrence

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
Fort Gaines2.9 miles8
Pecan4.7 miles7
Jones Crossing5.7 miles7
Days Crossroads5.8 miles7
Watson Crossroads6.8 miles7
Bethel6.9 miles7
Moores Crossroads7.8 miles7
Ricks Place8.3 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 344832. 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.