Arch, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hartshorne-Haileyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74547. It stands on Gardner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hartshorne SW quadrangle.

Arch within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

1898 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Hartshorne SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Arch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,697 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 82 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/incendiarism	82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	59
Debris and open burning	31
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Natural	8
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2005	Debris and open burning	400 acres	Talihina Agency	BLUE
4 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20404
4 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	35 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
3 September 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20400
28 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20377
2 September 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
16 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
16 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg 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 Arch: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bond	2.8 miles	17
Ti	4.5 miles	16
Craig	4.9 miles	17
Blanco	6.2 miles	18
Haileyville	6.9 miles	18
Hartshorne	7.3 miles	18
Dow	7.8 miles	18
Pine Top	8.0 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100181. 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.