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Clarks Heights, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74804. It stands on North Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the McLoud quadrangle.

Clarks Heights within Pottawatomie 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

23 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Clarks Heights between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,091 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
14 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use60 acresKickapoo Field OfficeANCHOR FIRE
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresKickapoo Field OfficeCOKER
25 August 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresKickapoo Field OfficeRANGE ROAD
19 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKickapoo Field OfficeLEO
11 June 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresKickapoo Field OfficeFRANK MONDAY
11 April 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKickapoo Field OfficeLOCO #2
3 March 2011Debris and open burning22 acresKickapoo Field OfficeLOCO
18 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKickapoo Field OfficeACME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pottawatomie 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 Clarks Heights: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Chancellor PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Markwell Sand Co Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pottawatomie 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
Dale2.5 miles13
Gaddy3.0 miles13
Bethel Acres4.9 miles13
Hazel Dell5.0 miles13
Shawnee5.2 miles15
McLoud6.3 miles13
Aydelotte6.6 miles14
Shawnee Town (historical)7.8 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122552745The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1091392. 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.