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Apple, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Towson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74756. It stands on Frazier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rattan quadrangle.

Apple within Choctaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Apple between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,234 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 75 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/incendiarism75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning35
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10552
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10535
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2000Naturalunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2000Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2019Debris and open burning30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Apple: 13 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. 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
Idabel Stone Co Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Idabel Stone Co Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Two State Crushing Co Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borman Field Co. Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Choctaw Materials Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Choctaw Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Green Construction Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Griffith Sand Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Choctaw County

Storms near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Apple in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
August 1999Thunderstorm WindApple$15,000Thunderstorms developing from north to south brought strong winds to eastern Choctaw County early on the evening of August 10. Near Apple, a residence had part of its roof blown off and a nearby shop had its entire roof blown off. Numerous trees were uprooted and blown down. East of Messer, power lines were blown down. Trees were blown down all the way to Fort Towson.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindApple-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. One tree blocked a road.
June 2019HailApple-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindApple-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Choctaw 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
Spencerville3.3 miles15
Messer3.9 miles15
Virgil4.4 miles15
High Hill6.4 miles15
Speer7.4 miles16
Hamden8.0 miles16
Sawyer8.2 miles15
Fallon9.0 miles9

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 AppleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4781101The 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 1100180. 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.