BlockCarters Corner, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Eufaula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74432. The Survey maps it on the Stidham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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
- 1963 USGS Stidham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Carters Corner between 2003 and 2019, burning about 2,669 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 204 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | REDBUD |
| 17 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20114 |
| 16 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | RESERVOIR |
| 15 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | OFFICE |
| 5 February 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Talihina Agency | EAGLEBLUFF |
| 29 February 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | GREEN CEDAR |
| 4 December 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20201 |
| 31 December 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | NO SAW |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100265. 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.