BlockCartersville, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Keota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74941. The Survey maps it on the Bokoshe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Bokoshe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Bokoshe quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Cartersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,114 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Talihina Agency | 86 |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20105 |
| 26 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 213 acres | Talihina Agency | SIX MILE |
| 23 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20355 |
| 21 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 170 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20364 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cartersville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cartersville in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2006: 2 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Cartersville | $150,000 | A F1 tornado touched down about a mile west southwest of Cartersville and traveled east producing extensive damage to 4 homes and destroying several outbuildings. The tornado continued moving east crossed over into Le Flore county before dissipating 2.8 miles north northwest of Bokeshe. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Cartersville | - | Civil defense director reported a brief tornado touchdown near Cartersville. There is no known damage or injuries with this tornado. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Cartersville | - | no account filed |
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 1100267. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.