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Alikchi, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wright City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74764. The Survey maps it on the Alikchi quadrangle.

Alikchi within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

288 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 288 fires within 5 miles of Alikchi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,863 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 151 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/incendiarism151
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10547
8 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresTalihina AgencyRUFE
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresTalihina AgencyDAY
6 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10229
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencySE252
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alikchi: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alikchi in 2 storm reports in 2008: 2 hail. 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
March 2008HailAlikchi-Quarter to half dollar sized hail fell at a residence.
April 2008HailAlikchi-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCurtain 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
Plainview4.4 miles17
Ringold4.7 miles17
Rufe4.8 miles17
Mound Grove5.7 miles17
Slim5.7 miles17
Wright City7.9 miles17
Felker8.5 miles17
Doaksville (historical)8.8 miles17

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 Q122590789The 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 1100168. 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.