BlockDarrow, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Okeene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73763. The Survey maps it on the Southard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Southard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Darrow between 2016 and 2020, burning about 1,818 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 421 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SPRING CREEK 2 FIRE |
| 3 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,397 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | KEPHART |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Darrow: 15 producers, 3 past producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States Gypsum Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Siltstone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Okeene Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Oklahoma Gypsum Company Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Company Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Company Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Company Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Company Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Company Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Company Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100342. 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.