BlockEcontuchka, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74804. It stands on Painter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1896 USGS Seminole and Prague quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Shawnee NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Econtuchka between 2005 and 2020, burning about 890 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 84 acres | Wewoka Agency | BOOM TOWN |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 acres | Wewoka Agency | BENNETT |
| 8 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wewoka Agency | SAME SPOT |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | HEADSET |
| 12 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | JOHNSON |
| 11 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.4 acres | Wewoka Agency | WHITE FLATBED |
| 10 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 230 acres | Southern Plains Regional Office | MULLIN |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | ECONTUCHKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Grove | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Johnson | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bellemont | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Neal | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Centerview | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Aydelotte | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Keokuk Falls | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Shawnee | 9.0 miles | 15 |
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 Q122592875 | The 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 1100379. 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.