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Caney Ridge, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the East Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74471. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park Hill quadrangle. 120 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.

Caney Ridge within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

554 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 554 fires within 5 miles of Caney Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,872 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 282 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/incendiarism282
Missing data/not specified/undetermined129
Debris and open burning79
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2013Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30547
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2013Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Caney Ridge: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitsClayProducer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Barber0.8 miles18
Dry Creek1.9 miles17
Wildcat Point1.9 miles18
Carters Landing2.6 miles18
Tenkiller2.7 miles18
Pettit Bay3.4 miles18
Etta4.2 miles18
Cookson4.2 miles19

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 Caney RidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108293121The 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 1090927. 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.