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Cedar Knobb, Oklahoma

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Pocola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74902. It lies near Cedar Knob. The Survey maps it on the Hackett quadrangle.

Cedar Knobb within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Knobb between 1993 and 2019, burning about 719 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2001Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20463
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Knobb: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ibison PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Hamilton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Island StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cedars1.9 miles25
Pocola1.9 miles23
Braden3.8 miles15
Rock Island4.7 miles23
Murry Spur5.4 miles15
Peno Corner6.0 miles25
Arkoma7.5 miles25
Skullyville7.7 miles14

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 Q122539001The 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 1777510. 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.