Carson, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wetumka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74850. The Survey maps it on the Carson quadrangle.

Carson within Hughes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1900 USGS Wewoka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Carson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

36 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Carson between 2005 and 2020, burning about 20,435 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
1 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	823 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	GOBBLER CREEK
11 July 2011	Debris and open burning	586 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	TICK HAVEN
2 April 2011	Debris and open burning	3,520 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	HOG TRAP
12 April 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	74 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	SAVING GRACE
12 April 2017	Debris and open burning	130 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	BRUNER
7 March 2007	Power generation/transmission/distribution	118 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	STOMP DANCE
4 March 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	TIGER 1
22 March 2018	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	FISH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hughes County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carson: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Unknown Limestone Pits	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hughes 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
Lamar	5.0 miles	12
Dustin	7.8 miles	14
Wetumka	9.5 miles	13
Horntown	10.0 miles	12
Yeager	13.3 miles	12
Cross Roads	13.9 miles	12
Calvin	16.1 miles	13
Holdenville	17.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100264. 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.