Cavanal, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Wister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74953. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wister quadrangle.

Cavanal within Le Flore 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.

1900 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Heavener quadrangle1:62500, 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
1981 USGS Wister quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Cavanal between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,377 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 38 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	38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	36
Debris and open burning	18
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Natural	4
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
9 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
7 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	40 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
6 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	125 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20228
5 September 2002	Smoking	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
30 September 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20487
30 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
26 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	301 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
24 September 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20369

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore 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 Cavanal: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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

Every working recorded in Le Flore 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
Wister	1.7 miles	17
Yerby	1.8 miles	16
Smacker	2.9 miles	16
Howe	3.8 miles	17
Glendale	4.0 miles	17
Kennady	4.1 miles	17
Sorrels	4.3 miles	16
Victor	4.8 miles	15

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 Q122559315

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 1100275. 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.