Box, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74878. The Survey maps it on the Rosedale quadrangle.

Box within Cleveland 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.

1898 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:125000
1902 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Rosedale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Box in 2006, burning about 110 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning	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 January 2006	Debris and open burning	110 acres	Southern Plains Regional Office	CEDAR CTRY

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

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

Every working recorded in Cleveland 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
Corbett	4.2 miles	15
Spring Hill	6.8 miles	17
Willow View	8.6 miles	17
McKiddyville	8.7 miles	13
Lexington	10.3 miles	17
Etowah	10.8 miles	15
Needmore	11.5 miles	15
Slaughterville	12.7 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100228. 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.