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Dow, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hartshorne-Haileyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Adamson quadrangle.

Dow within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

281 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Dow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,688 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 104 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/incendiarism104
Missing data/not specified/undetermined85
Debris and open burning52
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural10
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20468
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20383
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20377
28 September 2002Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2002Recreation and ceremony12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2002Smoking13 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20372

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dow: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dolese Bros Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dow in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2020HailDow$30,000Large hail damaged vehicles and the roofs of homes.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindDow-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured to 65 mph.
May 2017FloodDow-Portions of Highway 63 were flooded and closed from Bache Road to Haileyville.
April 2017Flash FloodDow-Numerous roads were flooded and closed.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindDow-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 2021HailDow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Haileyville1.8 miles18
Bache2.8 miles17
Craig2.9 miles17
Hartshorne3.1 miles18
Carbon4.0 miles17
Adamson4.3 miles18
Centerville4.4 miles18
Alderson5.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1092175. 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.