BlockOwen, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Caney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67333. The Survey maps it on the Copan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Nowata quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Nowata quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Copan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bartlesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Owen between 2002 and 2019, burning about 5,527 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1530033 |
| 12 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Montgomery County | 1730023 |
| 27 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 201880 |
| 9 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1870062 |
| 4 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1870059 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1870072 |
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1870066 |
| 13 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | MULLENDORE RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Owen: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484432. 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.