Carbon, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McAlester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. The Survey maps it on the Krebs quadrangle.

Carbon within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1898 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Krebs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Carbon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,413 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 57 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	57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	54
Debris and open burning	35
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Natural	6
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
3 September 2013	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
28 September 2002	Natural	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
27 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	12 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
27 September 2002	Smoking	13 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
26 September 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
23 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20238
2 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20425
19 September 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20365

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg 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 Carbon: 3 past producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Richville	2.0 miles	17
Bache	2.3 miles	17
Alderson	3.3 miles	17
Dow	4.0 miles	18
Krebs	4.1 miles	17
Adamson	4.9 miles	18
Haileyville	5.8 miles	18
Craig	6.0 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100261. 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.