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Alpers, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ardmore North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73444. The Survey maps it on the Tatums quadrangle.

Alpers within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Alpers between 2005 and 2008, burning about 11,936 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
5 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use224 acresChickasaw AgencyKATIE
20 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use193 acresChickasaw AgencyDELTA ROAD
21 April 2006Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresChickasaw AgencySPARKS RANCH
12 March 2008Debris and open burning4,500 acresChickasaw AgencyARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS
12 March 2005Natural10 acresChickasaw AgencyPILGRIM RD
11 March 2005Natural4.0 acresChickasaw AgencyMINCO
23 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChickasaw AgencyWASHBASIN
1 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined7,000 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryARBUCKLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Alpers: 54 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

2 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alpers in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 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 2023HailAlpers-no account filed
October 1996HailAlpers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Tatums4.0 miles16
Pooleville5.1 miles16
Ratliff City7.1 miles14
Pruitt City8.2 miles14
Tussy8.3 miles12
Old Scott9.5 miles15
Pike City (historical)10.4 miles14
Fox10.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100170. 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.