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Chloeta, Oklahoma

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Jay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74366. The Survey maps it on the Chloeta quadrangle.

Chloeta within Delaware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Chloeta between 1992 and 2018, burning about 6,360 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 78 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined99
Arson/incendiarism78
Debris and open burning26
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCherokee Nation TribeHWY 20
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2000Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism95 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30457
10 September 2002Recreation and ceremony12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chloeta: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chloeta in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Chloeta$10,000This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado crossed into Delaware County just north of Highway 20. Trees were snapped or uprooted and power poles were blown down as it moved east-northeast across the S 510 and S 520 Roads before dissipating. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindChloeta$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted several trees, one of which fell onto a camper.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindChloeta-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindChloeta-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted several trees.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindChloeta-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees in the vicinity of Kenwood.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindChloeta-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree.
April 2011HailChloeta-no account filed
May 2006HailChloeta-no account filed
May 2003HailChloeta-no account filed
May 1998HailChloeta-no account filed
March 1996HailChloeta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Eucha5.1 miles19
Old Eucha5.6 miles19
Tagg Flats6.3 miles19
Kenwood7.5 miles19
Zena8.0 miles19
Bull Hollow8.3 miles19
Jay9.2 miles19
Dennis9.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100295. 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.