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Brewer, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McAlester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. The Survey maps it on the Savanna quadrangle.

Brewer within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Brewer between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,848 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acreTalihina AgencyBENT RIM
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarism70 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2002Debris and open burning10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 July 2012Arson/incendiarism40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20126
26 June 2011Arson/incendiarism200 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20320
7 March 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20041
19 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg 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 Brewer: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hall Sand & Moon Sand StripSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnell Const Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brewer in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016Thunderstorm WindBrewer$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged outbuildings and snapped the trunks of a few trees.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBrewer-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Savanna1.4 miles18
Halley3.0 miles18
Chambers4.4 miles18
Frink6.2 miles18
Blanco6.3 miles18
Kiowa6.7 miles17
Haywood6.9 miles17
Pittsburg6.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1763743. 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.