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Alden, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Carnegie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73015. The Survey maps it on the Alden quadrangle. It stands 1,480 feet above sea level.

Alden within Caddo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

39 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Alden between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,740 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined237 acresAnadarko AgencyPLEASENT VIEW
19 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAnadarko AgencyKAULITY
7 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyATTOCKINE
3 August 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresAnadarko AgencyHORSE
25 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use80 acresAnadarko AgencyCHALLEPAH
23 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyS-10
22 August 2019Natural448 acresAnadarko AgencyTURBINE
13 August 2009Debris and open burning10 acresAnadarko AgencyEAST CACHE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caddo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Alden: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Dolese Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown 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
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Caddo 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
Hatchetville7.8 miles11
Pine Ridge8.0 miles13
Boone8.4 miles11
Carnegie8.9 miles8
Broxton9.4 miles11
Fort Cobb11.6 miles13
Apache12.9 miles11
Apache Wye13.0 miles13

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 AldenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4713522The 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 1100166. 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.