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Beckwith, Oklahoma

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Colcord census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74338. It lies near Fivemile Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs NW quadrangle.

Beckwith within Delaware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Beckwith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,892 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 50 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/incendiarism50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Debris and open burning37
Natural12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 1998Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30517
25 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 August 2010Arson/incendiarism12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30392

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Beckwith: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Platinum. 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
Woodruff FarmUranium, PlatinumOccurrence
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Flint0.7 miles19
Flint Creek2.1 miles19
Dripping Springs2.6 miles19
Kansas4.7 miles18
Colcord4.7 miles18
Row5.7 miles18
Cloud Creek5.8 miles19
West Siloam Springs7.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100199. 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.