BlockBraithwaite, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Washita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73647. The Survey maps it on the Dill City SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Dill City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Dill City SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Dill City SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Braithwaite in 2006, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Concho Field Office | BAILER |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessie | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Burns Flat | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cordell | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Dill City | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Foss | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Canute | 12.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cloud Chief | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| Corn | 14.7 miles | 9 |
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 Braithwaite | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120466766 | 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 1100233. 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.