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Coalton, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Henryetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74437. The Survey maps it on the Henryetta quadrangle.

Coalton within Okmulgee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

70 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Coalton between 2002 and 2020, burning about 9,646 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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
Arson/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeCOALTON STRIKE
30 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeMONTEZUMA CREEK
19 September 2004Debris and open burning80 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeLHE
6 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeDEEP FORK OFFICE
1 August 2012Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeGIBBONS RANCH FIRE
29 July 2012Debris and open burning350 acresDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeLOBLOLLY FIRE
23 July 2011Fireworks8.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBIRD CREEK
23 July 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeWILSON 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Coalton: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coalton in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 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
April 2025HailCoalton$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
March 2024HailCoalton$15,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCoalton-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
May 2022HailCoalton-no account filed
May 2011HailCoalton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okmulgee 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
Schulter1.5 miles14
Dewar2.7 miles16
Spelter City3.0 miles16
Sunrise3.1 miles16
Dighton3.2 miles16
Gulftown3.2 miles16
Kusa3.4 miles16
Grayson3.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1091525. 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.