BlockDog Creek, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Panama-Bokoshe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74956. It stands on Owl Creek. The Survey maps it on the Potato Peaks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Potato Peaks quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Potato Peaks quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Dog Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,376 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 61 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/incendiarism | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20401 |
| 24 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20424 |
| 11 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Talihina Agency | SE329 |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20378 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dog Creek: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100358. 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.