Denton, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Marlow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73055. The Survey maps it on the Denton quadrangle.

Denton within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1949 USGS Nellie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Denton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Nellie quadrangle1:62500
1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

7 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Denton between 2006 and 2019, burning about 5,767 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
16 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Anadarko Agency	BETHEL ROAD
3 July 2019	Natural	under an acre	Anadarko Agency	BEAVER CREEK
28 February 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Anadarko Agency	STUCK BALE
26 February 2019	Arson/incendiarism	4.5 acres	Anadarko Agency	SOUTH STERLING
24 December 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Anadarko Agency	SOVO
13 January 2009	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Anadarko Agency	OVER THE EDGE
12 January 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5,760 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	CENTRAL HIGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens 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 Denton: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Stephens 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
Central High	3.5 miles	12
Nellie	6.0 miles	12
Oil City	10.3 miles	12
Marlow	10.4 miles	16
Duncan	14.4 miles	16
Gas City	15.1 miles	10
Dixie Park	15.5 miles	15
Bray	16.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100351. 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.