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Bristow Point, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Quinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. The Survey maps it on the Blocker quadrangle.

Bristow Point within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Bristow Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,342 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 69 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/incendiarism69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Debris and open burning21
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresTalihina AgencyELM POINT
8 August 2012Naturalunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20150
5 August 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20144
4 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20141
4 August 2012Arson/incendiarism4,160 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20142
3 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 2010Debris and open burning120 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20219
23 August 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20192

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bristow Point: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Crowder3.1 miles14
Massey Point4.3 miles14
Canadian4.5 miles14
Blocker4.8 miles17
Reams6.0 miles14
Sams Point6.6 miles14
Carlton Landing6.8 miles13
Featherston7.1 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q122547744The 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 1090503. 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.