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Cottingham, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Stillwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74059. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tryon North quadrangle.

Cottingham within Payne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cottingham between 2006 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
18 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPawnee AgencyBEST BUY
12 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Plains Regional OfficeWETLANDS
11 March 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKickapoo Field OfficeIOWA TOWER
22 December 2008Equipment and vehicle use40 acresKickapoo Field OfficeCOUNTY LINE
22 December 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKickapoo Field OfficeVINCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Payne County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cottingham: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Evans and AssociatesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irwin Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Payne 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
Perkins4.4 miles11
Drakes Corner4.5 miles10
Vinco4.6 miles11
Ripley4.6 miles11
Mehan5.7 miles11
Amabel6.9 miles11
Cushing9.9 miles10
Ingalls10.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100325. 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.