Chilli, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Wilburton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74578. The Survey maps it on the Gowen quadrangle.

Chilli within Latimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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.

1901 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 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
1971 USGS Gowen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1977 USGS Gowen quadrangle1:24000
1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

280 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of Chilli between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,920 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 115 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	115
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	73
Debris and open burning	55
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Natural	8
Recreation and ceremony	6
Smoking	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	4

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
7 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
5 September 2002	Smoking	3.5 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
30 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Talihina Agency	EC384
28 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
26 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
20 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20234
20 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	59 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
18 September 2005	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20424

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chilli: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Flagstone	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Flagstone	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Flagstone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Latimer 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
Patterson	2.1 miles	16
Bowers	2.3 miles	16
Drumb	2.5 miles	16
Degnan	4.4 miles	15
Gowen	4.7 miles	16
Center Point	6.5 miles	15
Wilburton	6.9 miles	15
Higgins	9.0 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100293. 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.