BlockAdel, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Pushmataha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74536. It stands on Satterfield Branch. The Survey maps it on the Adel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1898 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Adel quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Adel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26,533 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20402 |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10520 |
| 29 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 190 acres | Talihina Agency | FOBB RIDGE 2 |
| 22 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20237 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adel in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Adel | - | This is the second of three segments of this tornado, which developed over northeastern Atoka County. In Pushmataha County, this large tornado snapped or uprooted many large trees. Maximum estimated wind based on this damage was about 105 mph. The tornado continued into Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Adel | - | This tornado developed northeast of Daisy in Atoka County and moved into northwestern Pushmataha County, uprooting and snapping numerous trees. |
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.
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 Adel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4681530 | 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 1100164. 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.