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Damon, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Wilburton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74578. The Survey maps it on the Damon quadrangle.

Damon within Latimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

482 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 482 fires within 5 miles of Damon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 22,213 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 233 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/incendiarism233
Missing data/not specified/undetermined109
Debris and open burning82
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20406
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20431
29 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance7.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20378
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20381
28 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2004Arson/incendiarism93 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20373
26 September 2002Debris and open burning80 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Damon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 PitFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Latimer County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Damon in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 2009Tornado (EF0)Damon$100,000A tornado damaged a gas compressor station, damaged several homes, and damaged numerous trees. Several citizens viewed and photographed the tornado.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindDamon$45,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted numerous trees which then fell onto homes, vehicles, outbuildings, and power lines. Snapped power lines caused a loss of power to areas south of Wilburton. There was substantial damage to two mobile homes and two permanent homes in the Damon Valley area about 5 miles south of Wilburton. At the home with the most damage, shingles were blown off the roof, an air conditioning unit was overturned, and falling trees destroyed two boats and two pickup trucks. Most other damage in the area was to storage buildings, barns, TV antennae, and numerous pine trees blown down.
April 2014HailDamon$5,000no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindDamon$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged a garage and blew down several large tree limbs.
March 2002HailDamon-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindDamon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Latimer 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
Veterans Colony3.4 miles16
Wilburton4.4 miles15
Lutie5.3 miles15
Center Point6.3 miles15
Degnan6.8 miles15
Bowers7.1 miles16
Panola7.1 miles19
Higgins7.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100340. 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.