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Dela, Oklahoma

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

Dela within Pushmataha 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

337 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 337 fires within 5 miles of Dela between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,460 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 103 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
Debris and open burning109
Arson/incendiarism103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Equipment and vehicle use25
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10498
8 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10488
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use23 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10532
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pushmataha County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dela: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
William Labor Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pushmataha County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dela in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 hail. 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 1999HailDela-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pushmataha 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
Ethel2.3 miles16
Belzoni3.2 miles16
Big Rocks3.4 miles16
Greenwood3.5 miles16
Antlers5.6 miles16
Rattan5.8 miles16
Kellond7.6 miles17
Finley9.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100348. 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.