BlockBug Tussle, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the McAlester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. It stands on Fish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crowder quadrangle. 220 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Crowder quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Bug Tussle between 1992 and 2018, burning about 5,498 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Talihina Agency | MASSY POINT |
| 14 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20168 |
| 26 August 2003 | Natural | 720 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SPARKY |
| 5 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20072 |
| 10 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20071 |
| 6 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Talihina Agency | EUF LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bug Tussle: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reams | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Massey Point | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mekko | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| North McAlester | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Richville | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Crowder | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Blocker | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Krebs | 7.2 miles | 17 |
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 Bug Tussle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4986273 | 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 1090660. 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.