Creek Agency, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muskogee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74401. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Muskogee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Creek Agency within Muskogee 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.

1901 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1901 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1905 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000
1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Wagoner quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Wagoner SW quadrangle1:24000
1974 USGS Northwest Muskogee quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Creek Agency (historical) between 1994 and 2003, burning about 108 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism	2
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 April 2002	Smoking	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	HWY69
4 March 1994	Arson/incendiarism	100 acres	Talihina Agency	not named
27 January 2003	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30079

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Creek Agency (historical): 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Arkola Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Clay Davault Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Frank Livingston Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Joe Allen Dredge & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sinor Sand Co Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Taft	4.2 miles	14
West Muskogee	4.6 miles	18
Crekola	5.5 miles	18
Muskogee	6.0 miles	19
Bacone	7.2 miles	18
Beland	7.2 miles	14
Yahola	7.2 miles	14
Shopton	7.3 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2437831. 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.