BlockBrush Hill, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hitchita-Pierce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74426. The Survey maps it on the Pierce quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Canadian quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pierce quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Brush Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,306 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CEMETERY ROAD |
| 4 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20077 |
| 31 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20138 |
| 8 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | PARADISE POINT |
| 5 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HORSE MONKEY |
| 27 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | PIERCE TIGER |
| 19 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DUTCH HILL |
| 15 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 38 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | MARTIN RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brush Hill in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Brush Hill | $20,000 | Portions of Highway 150 were washed out by flood water. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Brush Hill | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Brush Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Brush Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fame | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Onapa | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pierce | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Richardsville | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Stidham | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Checotah | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lenna | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Carters Corner | 9.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100241. 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.
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.