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Coal Creek, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Spiro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74959. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Panama quadrangle.

Coal Creek within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Coal Creek between 1992 and 2017, burning about 935 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism35 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20429
30 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2004Debris and open burning6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20364
13 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20435
30 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 August 2006Arson/incendiarism75 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20416
8 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore 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 Coal Creek: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coal Creek in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 6 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2015FloodCoal Creek1 killedThe Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 2:15 am CDT on May 10th. The river crested at 43.54 feet at 1:00 am CDT on the 12th, resulting in major flooding. Very severe agricultural flooding occurred and many county roads were totally impassable. One flood-related fatality occurred at around 3:30 am CDT on the 11th near Spiro when a man tried to rescue cattle that had been inundated by flood waters. He drown and was found on May 13th. The river fell below flood stage at 11:30 pm CDT on the 15th.
February 2023FloodCoal Creek-The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 3:15 pm CST on February 8th. The river crested at 35.41 feet at 4:00 pm CST on the 9th, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land was flooded from near Panama to near Arkoma, and county roads were closed. The river fell below flood stage at 10:15 pm CST on the 10th.
March 2023FloodCoal Creek-The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 12:15 pm CST on March 3rd. The river crested at 34.52 feet at 10:30 am CST on the 4th, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land was flooded from near Panama to near Arkoma, and county roads were closed. The river fell below flood stage at 10:45 am CST on the 5th.
March 2023FloodCoal Creek-The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 1:30 pm CDT on March 24th. The river crested at 37.93 feet at 5:15 pm CDT on the 25th, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land was flooded from near Shady Point to near Arkoma, and many county roads were closed in the floodplain. The river fell below flood stage at 6:00 am CDT on the 27th.
September 2020FloodCoal Creek-The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 4:15 am CDT on September 1st. The river crested at 41.13 feet at 12:45 pm CDT on the 2nd, resulting in major flooding. Very severe agricultural flooding occurred and many county roads were totally impassable. The river fell below flood stage at 5:00 pm CDT on the 4th.
May 2015FloodCoal Creek-The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 7:30 am CDT on May 20th. The river crested at 34.76 feet at 12:00 pm CDT on the 21st, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land and county roads were inundated by flood water. The river fell below flood stage at 1:00 pm CDT on the 23rd.

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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
Panama1.6 miles14
Sunset Corner3.5 miles14
Tahona3.6 miles14
Bedwell3.6 miles14
Shady Point4.1 miles14
Spiro4.2 miles14
Stony Point4.4 miles16
Ward4.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100305. 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.