BlockCanadian Shores, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the North Central Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. The Survey maps it on the Canadian quadrangle. 233 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 646 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 Canadian quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Canadian Shores between 1996 and 2020, burning about 7,312 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 59 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/incendiarism | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #19 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA # 20 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #18 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #17 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #16 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #13 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #6 |
| 26 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | HANNA #9 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianola | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sams Point | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Canadian | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Crowder | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bristow Point | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Reams | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ulan | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Massey Point | 9.1 miles | 14 |
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 Canadian Shores | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108365251 | 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 1090895. 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.