Cairo, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Coal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74538. The Survey maps it on the Coalgate quadrangle.
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.
- 1896 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Cairo between 2005 and 2019, burning about 2,306 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 65 acres | Talihina Agency | BUTLER |
| 3 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Talihina Agency | LONESTAR |
| 2 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Talihina Agency | COALATOKA |
| 7 March 2006 | Natural | 2.8 acres | Talihina Agency | EDEN |
| 12 March 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Talihina Agency | WARDVILLE |
| 24 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | RUB BOARD # 2 |
| 20 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | RUB BOARD |
| 13 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 650 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | COAL CREEK FIRE |
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 Cairo: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cairo in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2000: 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Hail | Cairo | - | An isolated severe thunderstorm in southeast Oklahoma during the late afternoon hours on the 13th produced hail up to dime-size, 6 miles north of Cairo. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cairo | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Cairo | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Cairo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Coalgate | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Phillips | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lehigh | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Parker | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Centrahoma | 11.4 miles | 14 | |
| Olney | 14.6 miles | 14 | |
| Tupelo | 15.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100257. 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.






