Blackjack, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muldrow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74948. The Survey maps it on the Gans quadrangle.

Blackjack within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Gans quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Blackjack between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,963 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	66
Arson/incendiarism	50
Debris and open burning	37
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	7
Natural	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
9 September 2002	Natural	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
9 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
6 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	12 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
4 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
3 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	16 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
28 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30489
28 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30487

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah 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 Blackjack: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah 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
Flat Rock	1.1 miles	14
Muldrow	2.7 miles	14
Maple	2.9 miles	14
Hanson	3.2 miles	14
Gans	4.1 miles	14
Baldridge	4.8 miles	15
Long	5.4 miles	14
Lone Oak	5.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100213. 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.