Chism, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East McClain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74831. The Survey maps it on the Asher quadrangle.

Chism within McClain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1901 USGS Stonewall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1966 USGS Asher quadrangle1:24000
1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

12 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Chism between 2005 and 2014, burning about 239 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined	5
Natural	4
Debris and open burning	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
20 August 2006	Natural	1.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	CANADA
8 March 2008	Debris and open burning	4.5 acres	Chickasaw Agency	WILLIAMS
8 March 2005	Natural	15 acres	Chickasaw Agency	HANEY
4 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	MCKINNELY
24 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	88 acres	Chickasaw Agency	PEACHTREE
16 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14 acres	Chickasaw Agency	SHOOSTER
12 March 2010	Natural	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	FOURTEEN FIFTY
10 March 2008	Natural	4.2 acres	Chickasaw Agency	DAVIDSON

Every fire recorded in McClain County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Chism: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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 Sandstone Pit	Flagstone	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Flagstone	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in McClain 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
Johnsonville	6.3 miles	15
Byars	6.6 miles	15
Rosedale	13.1 miles	15
Wayne	20.0 miles	16
Purcell	23.5 miles	17
Stealy	24.9 miles	16
Washington	30.7 miles	18
Payne	31.4 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100294. 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.