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Citra, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the South Hughes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74825. The Survey maps it on the Steedman quadrangle.

Citra within Hughes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

27 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Citra between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2,397 acres in total. 2 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
1 August 2011Debris and open burning292 acresChickasaw AgencyREYNOLDS
8 April 2006Arson/incendiarism235 acresChickasaw AgencyCOUNTY LINE
3 April 2011Debris and open burning408 acresChickasaw AgencyHAMILTON
3 April 1996Arson/incendiarism30 acresChickasaw AgencyKULLIHOMA
16 April 2006Debris and open burning61 acresChickasaw AgencyGREEN BUNNY
7 March 2007Smokingunder an acreChickasaw AgencySINCERE CREEK
7 March 2005Natural100 acresChickasaw AgencyJAY DEE
6 March 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChickasaw AgencySPLIT TREE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hughes County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Citra: 8 past producers. 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
Two Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitsSand 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 PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hughes County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Citra in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2001: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2001Thunderstorm WindCitra$500Trees were downed.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindCitra$10no account filed
May 2001HailCitra-no account filed
May 2001HailCitra-no account filed
February 1998HailCitra-no account filed
May 1997HailCitra-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindCitra-no account filed
April 1995HailCitra-no account filed
April 1993HailCitra-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hughes 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
Gerty5.4 miles14
Non7.3 miles14
Atwood11.2 miles12
Rock Creek13.5 miles14
Calvin13.6 miles13
Spaulding15.4 miles12
Cross Roads16.0 miles12
Stuart16.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100298. 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.