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Chilocco, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newkirk census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74647. The Survey maps it on the Newkirk quadrangle.

Chilocco within Kay County

On record in Chilocco

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

60 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Chilocco between 2000 and 2020, burning about 6,827 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
5 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service1580
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service1655
30 August 2000Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficeHARDMAN
26 August 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficePONCA
23 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1491
15 August 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficeKELLY
29 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCowley County1464
27 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPawnee AgencyWAVERLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kay County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Chilocco: 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kay County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chilocco in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016Flash FloodChilocco$10,000A pickup truck was washed off US 77 by high water. Reported by OHP.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindChilocco$10,000A line of trees was uprooted at the Chilocco Indian School. No other damage was reported. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2024HailChilocco-Time is radar estimated.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindChilocco-Tree branches were damaged from thunderstorm winds just south of the state line as noted from an NWS Wichita storm survey. The time is estimated.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindChilocco-No damage reported.
September 2014HailChilocco-Hail reported from Chilloco to the Kansas state line.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindChilocco-A gas station canopy was blown onto a car just south of the Oklahoma/Kansas state line. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
March 2007Flash FloodChilocco-Heavy rainfall totals of 3 to 7 inches over northern Kay County produced flash flooding in the area. At 0930 CST, the Kay County emergency manager reported flooding of low lying secondary roads in Chilocco along Chilocco Creek.
February 2011HailChilocco-no account filed
June 2011HailChilocco-no account filed
May 2010HailChilocco-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindChilocco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kay 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
Middleton3.3 miles11
Bender5.3 miles10
Newkirk7.4 miles11
Peckham9.0 miles10
Dilworth9.0 miles10
Kildare12.4 miles11
Grainville13.3 miles10
Sumpter14.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1091297. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.