Cache Wye, Oklahoma
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Northwest Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73507. It lies near Sulphur Flat. The Survey maps it on the Quanah Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1937 USGS Cache quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Quanah Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Cache quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Quanah Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cache quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Quanah Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Quanah Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Quanah Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
205 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Cache Wye between 1993 and 2019, burning about 82,530 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | QUANAH |
| 8 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | CAMPFIRE |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | FTSILL9/7 |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | 137 acres | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | JED STRIKE |
| 6 September 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | PARALLEL FOREST |
| 5 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Anadarko Agency | EAGLE FIRE |
| 3 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | DORISCF2 |
| 3 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | VWWAGONVAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cache Wye: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, Copper, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain-1 | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1909, 1915 | |
| Hardin Prospect-1 | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1902, 1903, 1909 | |
| Parker Prospect | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1902, 1907, 1912 | |
| Clark and Bennett Prospect | Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Pearson Prospect | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1904, 1906 | |
| Hardin Prospect-2 | Copper | Past Producer | 1902, 1904 | |
| Hattie Green Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | 1904 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Holy City | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Indiahoma Wye | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Cache | 5.5 miles | 24 | |
| Meers | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Medicine Park | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Lawtonka Acres | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Duhringe Pass | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Indiahoma | 9.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q122558893 | 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 1100255. 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.









