BlockDunbar, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Pushmataha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74536. It stands on Long Bell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunbar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Dunbar quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Dunbar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,429 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 63 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 | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10323 |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Talihina Agency | 0442 |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | 45 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10562 |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10565 |
| 29 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunbar in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | $100 | Many tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| October 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Dunbar | - | A tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunbar | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dunbar | - | no account filed |
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 1100370. 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.
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.