BlockCartoco, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cushing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74023. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1929 USGS Yale quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Yale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Yale quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Cartoco between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,194 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | MATTIE EAGLECHIEF |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | UNDERWOOD |
| 30 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | PRATT OIL |
| 26 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | LAWSON RD |
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | BFOT |
| 19 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | PRATT |
| 17 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | 19 TH STREET |
| 1 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | THOMAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cartoco: 1 past producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122593866 | The 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 1100268. 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.