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Briartown, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Porum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74455. It lies near Turkey Knob. The Survey maps it on the Stigler West quadrangle.

Briartown within Muskogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Briartown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,420 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
1 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencyEC388
8 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20409
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
20 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
15 August 2012Debris and open burning11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20161
7 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20167
6 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20166

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Briartown: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitsClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitsClayPast Producer
H & C Sand Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone & Shale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone & Shale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee County

Storms near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Briartown in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBriartown$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down five power poles.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindBriartown-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBriartown-Large tree limbs and other wind-blown debris blocked portions of Highway 2 between Briartown and the Canadian river.
April 2009HailBriartown-no account filed
March 2006HailBriartown-no account filed
May 2004HailBriartown-no account filed
May 2003HailBriartown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muskogee 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
Porum4.3 miles14
Simms6.4 miles15
Warner14.0 miles15
Webbers Falls15.8 miles19
McLain18.6 miles19
Martin19.0 miles19
Keefton20.9 miles19
Hy 10 Landing22.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1090481. 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.