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Darwin, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Central Atoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74523. The Survey maps it on the Darwin quadrangle.

Darwin within Atoka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Darwin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,042 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 78 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/incendiarism78
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10467
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10334
27 September 2006Naturalunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10548
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2000Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2006Natural4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10471
31 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10514

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atoka 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 Darwin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Atoka 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
Lone Pine4.5 miles16
Farris4.7 miles17
Old Farris5.1 miles15
Payton Crossing6.7 miles17
Boehler7.7 miles15
Crystal8.1 miles15
Negro Bend9.9 miles17
Lane11.6 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on DarwinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5225912The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100343. 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.