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Compton, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Wister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74966. It lies in Compton Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Talihina quadrangle.

Compton within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

498 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 498 fires within 5 miles of Compton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,867 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 211 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/incendiarism211
Missing data/not specified/undetermined168
Debris and open burning64
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural9
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOuachita National ForestOLD MILITARY
4 September 2002Debris and open burning9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use12 acresOuachita National ForestWESLEY
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20471
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTalihina AgencyFIRE HOUSE
29 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20442
29 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20382
28 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTalihina AgencyCAR FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Compton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Compton in 1 storm report in 2022: 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
April 2022Tornado (EFU)Compton-Storm chasers observed a tornado north-northeast of Talihina. Damage from this tornado occurred in heavily wooden terrain that was inaccessible by road, thus it was not able to be evaluated.

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
Lamberson0.8 miles18
Talihina3.9 miles18
Leflore6.9 miles16
Summerfield10.5 miles15
Whitesboro10.6 miles16
Fanshawe11.7 miles16
Lenox12.8 miles16
Caston14.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100312. 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.