BlockBluff, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the West Choctaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74759. The Survey maps it on the Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bluff between 2006 and 2019, burning about 523 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 89 acres | Talihina Agency | BIG BERTHA |
| 2 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6140 |
| 4 June 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHICOTA 36550 |
| 9 February 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1424 CR 35810 |
| 16 February 2006 | Natural | 250 acres | Talihina Agency | 109 |
| 16 December 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluff in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 4 hail. 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 2021 | Hail | Bluff | $20,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Bluff | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Bluff | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Bluff | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1747127. 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.
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.