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Dentonville, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Beggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74421. It stands on Checkerboard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nuyaka quadrangle.

Dentonville within Okmulgee County

On record in Dentonville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

17 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Dentonville between 2005 and 2010, burning about 7,466 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural1

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
6 April 2008Debris and open burning320 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBROWN CREEK
27 April 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeLITTLE BROWN
7 March 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeROCKET SCIENCE
28 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,730 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCHARLIE O'BRIEN FIRE
20 March 2008Debris and open burning15 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBUCKY
2 March 2008Arson/incendiarism90 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBUTTCAN
12 March 2008Debris and open burning3.5 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeTRASH HEAT
10 March 2008Debris and open burning3.5 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSUNRISE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee 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 Dentonville: 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee 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
Beggs3.7 miles11
Laden5.2 miles11
Nuyaka6.1 miles11
Park Wheeler Corner8.1 miles11
Preston8.1 miles14
Winchester8.4 miles15
Natura10.8 miles14
Okmulgee12.5 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122554651The 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 1100352. 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.