Blanco, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Kiowa-Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74528. It stands on Wildhorse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Savanna quadrangle. 105 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
On record in Blanco
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Rock Creek Bridgelisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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 Savanna quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Blanco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,979 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 53 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 | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 70 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20400 |
| 7 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20375 |
| 4 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20390 |
| 4 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20389 |
| 3 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 450 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20387 |
| 3 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 110 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20385 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blanco: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H D Youngman Constr Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blanco in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 18 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Hail | Blanco | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Blanco | $30,000 | Golfball size hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Blanco | $15,000 | Golfball size hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Blanco | $15,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Blanco | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blanco | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blanco | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blanco | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Blanco | - | Many roads in and around town were flooded. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Blanco | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused the low water crossing near Blanco to be flooded. |
| October 1997 | Flash Flood | Blanco | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in McIntosh and Pittsburg Counties during the late evening of October 30th and early morning of October 31st. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour near Kiowa, and quarter size hail fell 10 miles east of Checotah. Dime to nickel size hail fell at Eufaula and at Pittsburg, and dime size hail fell 4 miles northeast of Eufaula. The thunderstorms also produced very heavy rainfall which caused Brushy Creek to briefly overflow its banks resulting in flash flooding in the town of Blanco. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blanco | - | Severe thunderstorms in southern Pittsburg County produced strong winds in Blanco which blew down large tree limbs. Dime-size hail also fell in Blanco, and nickel-size hail covered the ground 10 miles south of Blanco. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Blanco | - | Severe thunderstorms in southern Pittsburg County produced strong winds in Blanco which blew down large tree limbs. Dime-size hail also fell in Blanco, and nickel-size hail covered the ground 10 miles south of Blanco. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blanco | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Blanco | - | no account filed |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Blanco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4924941 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1090251. 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.









