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Craig, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hartshorne-Haileyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. The Survey maps it on the Hartshorne SW quadrangle.

Craig within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Craig between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,818 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 60 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/incendiarism60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Debris and open burning34
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Debris and open burning400 acresTalihina AgencyBLUE
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20468
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20404
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarism35 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20377
27 September 2002Recreation and ceremony12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2002Smoking13 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20372

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Craig: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dolese Bros Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Craig in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Craig$75,000This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado developed just southwest of Hartshorne Lake, and moved east-northeast, uprooting numerous trees and damaging outbuildings. It crossed into Latimer County just south of Highway 1. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
April 2025Flash FloodCraig-Portions of SH-63 between US-270 and Bache Road were closed due to flooding.
November 2015Flash FloodCraig-Portions of Highway 63 were closed between Haileyville and Kiowa.

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Bond2.3 miles17
Haileyville2.6 miles18
Dow2.9 miles18
Hartshorne3.7 miles18
Bache3.9 miles17
Arch4.9 miles17
Alderson5.4 miles17
Carbon6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100331. 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.