Bookertee, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weleetka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74880. The Survey maps it on the Dustin quadrangle.

Bookertee within Okfuskee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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 Wewoka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Dustin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

85 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Bookertee between 2004 and 2020, burning about 25,649 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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	35
Arson/incendiarism	20
Debris and open burning	20
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Firearms and explosives use	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 2011	Arson/incendiarism	659 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	THREE HORSES
6 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	24 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	COPPERHEAD
8 July 2006	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	PLAINVIEW
3 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	189 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	PHARAOH
26 July 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	BUD CREEK
7 April 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	294 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	HORSE FLY
6 April 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	880 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	HONKA
4 April 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.7 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	WINDY 62-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okfuskee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bookertee: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Okfuskee 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
Weleetka	3.6 miles	13
Pharoah	4.2 miles	13
Clearview	5.8 miles	13
Sunrise	10.8 miles	11
Woodard Corner	11.4 miles	11
Okemah	12.6 miles	13
Oriental	14.0 miles	11
Last Chance	15.1 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1763715. 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.