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Chilesville, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Boley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74829. The Survey maps it on the Welty quadrangle.

Chilesville within Okfuskee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

38 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Chilesville between 2004 and 2020, burning about 9,294 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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
8 April 2009Arson/incendiarism800 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePETTIQUAH CREEK
11 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeCHAPEL
10 April 2006Arson/incendiarism4,100 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeDANIELS
5 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeCHICKEN HAWK
3 March 2010Arson/incendiarism42 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePLAIN VALLEY
27 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined67 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeIXL
22 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined481 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeRABBIT
21 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined41 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeCOW BONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okfuskee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Chilesville: 34 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okfuskee 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
Boley4.1 miles13
IXL5.1 miles11
Micawber5.3 miles10
Paden5.7 miles10
Midway6.2 miles10
Welty6.3 miles11
Mason6.7 miles11
Castle7.3 miles13

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 Q122549845The 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 1091293. 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.