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Doaksville, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Valliant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74764. It stands on Little White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wright City quadrangle. It stands 463 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Doaksville within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

185 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Doaksville (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,108 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 105 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/incendiarism105
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10547
6 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10229
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10312
2 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Doaksville (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain 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
Felker1.1 miles17
Valliant2.6 miles17
Mound Grove3.3 miles17
Slim3.8 miles17
Wright City4.0 miles17
Millerton4.6 miles9
Plainview6.0 miles17
Mount Zion6.9 miles9

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 Doaksville (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5286473The 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 2452970. 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.