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Baron, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Westville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74965. It stands on Shell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Westville quadrangle.

Baron within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

461 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of Baron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,457 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 189 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/incendiarism189
Missing data/not specified/undetermined131
Debris and open burning84
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking12
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1998Smoking10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30463
7 September 1998Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism26 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30475
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30476
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30477
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30588

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair 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 Baron: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Addilee Sand and Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Davidson Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adair County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baron in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 17 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2022HailBaron$20,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
April 2011HailBaron$15,000no account filed
December 2010Thunderstorm WindBaron$5,000Emergency management reported damage to a mobile home from strong thunderstorm winds.
April 2008Flash FloodBaron$5,000Heavy rain caused water to enter a few homes.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindBaron$100Several 3-4" tree limbs were blown out of trees.
April 2026Tornado (EF1)Baron-This is the first segment of a two-segment tornado. The tornado developed just west of Piney Road, south of the 782 Road, where trees were uprooted. The tornado moved northeast uprooting trees along Piney Road and the 4765 Road, before crossing into Washington County, AR. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBaron-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBaron-Strong thunderstorm wind estimated around 65 mph snapped large tree limbs.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindBaron-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
May 1999Flash FloodBaron-Water was over a low-water crossing near Baron and Westville.
May 2016HailBaron-no account filed
May 2011HailBaron-no account filed
April 2011HailBaron-no account filed
April 2011HailBaron-no account filed
September 2009HailBaron-no account filed
March 2006HailBaron-no account filed
September 2006HailBaron-no account filed
August 2003HailBaron-no account filed
March 2002HailBaron-no account filed
May 2002HailBaron-no account filed
August 2001HailBaron-no account filed
May 2000HailBaron-no account filed
April 1999HailBaron-no account filed
April 1996HailBaron-no account filed
October 1993HailBaron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adair 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
Peavine2.3 miles17
Addielee2.7 miles17
West Peavine2.8 miles17
Whitmire2.9 miles17
Green3.7 miles17
England3.8 miles17
Christie4.6 miles17
Piney4.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100194. 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.