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Ahloso, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Southeast Pontotoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74820. The Survey maps it on the Ahloso quadrangle.

Ahloso within Pontotoc County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

94 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Ahloso between 1995 and 2020, burning about 5,428 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
6 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChickasaw AgencyELECTRIC BOX
3 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChickasaw AgencyOLD TRACTOR
23 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use38 acresChickasaw AgencyBRIT LOOP
19 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresChickasaw AgencyOIL RAG
15 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChickasaw AgencyCOUNTY BARN
15 August 2006Arson/incendiarism4.8 acresChickasaw AgencyHARRIS
30 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChickasaw AgencyHOMER ROADSIDE
30 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChickasaw AgencyHOMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pontotoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Ahloso: 14 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ada Qy & PltStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ada WestCopperOccurrence1973
Lewis SpringCopperOccurrence1929
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Superior Clay Products Shale PitClayProducer
Two Unnamed Shale PitsClayPast Producer
Two Unnamed Shale PitsClayProducer

Every working recorded in Pontotoc County

Storms near this place

1 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ahloso in 1 storm report in 2000: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2000Thunderstorm WindAhloso$2,200A large tree was downed, and a small barn was blown over, both on County Road 361.

Every storm recorded in Pontotoc County

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
Homer3.4 miles13
Ada3.5 miles16
Latta3.7 miles12
Union Valley4.0 miles12
Hird5.3 miles16
Lawrence6.1 miles12
Happyland6.3 miles13
Frisco6.8 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122556864The 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 1089554. 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.

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.