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Bigheart, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pawhuska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74056. The Survey maps it on the Herd quadrangle.

Bigheart within Osage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

View down the narrow Candy Creek from the Chief James Bigheart Memorial Bridge in Osage County, Oklahoma
View down the narrow Candy Creek from the Chief James Bigheart Memorial Bridge in Osage County, Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

33 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Bigheart between 2002 and 2019, burning about 21,856 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5
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
30 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresOsage AgencyRONNIE
7 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresOsage AgencySUNSET LAKE
16 April 2014Debris and open burning2,880 acresOsage AgencyRANCH
13 April 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOsage AgencyVANN
10 April 2014Debris and open burning20 acresOsage AgencyDRUNK
1 April 2014Debris and open burning5,015 acresOsage AgencyGOBBLER
6 March 2010Arson/incendiarism13 acresOsage AgencyMASSEY
5 March 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresOsage AgencyCLEARWATER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bigheart: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

19 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bigheart in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
August 2024HailBigheart$25,000Hen egg size hail covered the ground on Highway 99, north of Pawhuska. Vehicles and homes were damaged by this large hail.
May 2013HailBigheart$25,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBigheart$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew off shingles from the roofs of homes and flipped a motorcycle.
April 2026Tornado (EFU)Bigheart-This tornado was observed by several storm chasers. It remained over open country with no known damage. The path details were based on the storm chaser observations and radar data.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBigheart-Strong thunderstorm wind was estimated to near 70 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBigheart-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
April 2012Flash FloodBigheart-Several county roads were reported flooded just north of Bigheart.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBigheart-Several trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBigheart-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBigheart-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down large tree limbs.
March 2016HailBigheart-no account filed
April 2012HailBigheart-no account filed
April 2012HailBigheart-no account filed
November 2011HailBigheart-no account filed
June 2011HailBigheart-no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBigheart-no account filed
May 2009HailBigheart-no account filed
May 2008HailBigheart-no account filed
May 2002HailBigheart-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Herd1.6 miles15
Nanos4.5 miles13
Bowring5.9 miles12
Whippoorwill6.6 miles12
Oak Ridge6.7 miles12
Boulangerville7.2 miles12
Opah7.8 miles13
Boulanger Landing8.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100210. 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.