BlockCheek, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ardmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73443. It stands on Polecat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Healdton SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1901 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1918 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Healdton SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Cheek between 1992 and 2010, burning about 11,766 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Chickasaw Agency | OSWALT |
| 1 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BUCKSKIN |
| 22 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 171 acres | Chickasaw Agency | DOUBLE BARREL |
| 22 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | CHEEK |
| 19 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 140 acres | Chickasaw Agency | OSWALT |
| 9 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 8,000 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BRUSHY MOUNTAIN FIRE |
| 8 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PHIL GREEN |
| 31 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.2 acres | Chickasaw Agency | GRAY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cheek: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Lone Grove | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hewitt | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Wilson | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ardmore | 9.9 miles | 17 | |
| Dillard | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Reck (historical) | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rexroat | 11.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Cheek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17986402 | 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 1100287. 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.