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Edna, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Kellyville-Slick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74010. It stands on Comelys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nuyaka quadrangle.

Edna within Creek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

26 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Edna between 2005 and 2018, burning about 16,351 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeTWIN BRIDGES
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined225 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeNUYAKA
18 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeMCBRIDE
9 April 2006Arson/incendiarism2,100 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeROCKY HILL
27 April 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeLITTLE BROWN
18 April 2006Arson/incendiarism200 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSLICK WILLLIE
15 April 2006Arson/incendiarism680 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePECAN GROVE
14 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined519 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBURN OUT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Edna: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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

Every working recorded in Creek County

Storms near this place

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edna in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Edna-This is the first segment of a two-segment tornado. This tornado developed near S 193rd W Avenue and the 910 Road. It moved east-northeast, and crossed into Okmulgee County south of W 311th St S. Trees were uprooted and large tree limbs were snapped by the tornado in Creek County. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 95 mph.
August 2018Flash FloodEdna-Portions of Highway 16 were flooded and closed.
September 1998HailEdna-no account filed
March 1993Thunderstorm WindEdna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Creek 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
Tuskegee5.1 miles11
Slick5.8 miles17
Tabor7.3 miles17
Newby7.5 miles11
Iron Post10.5 miles11
Bristow13.0 miles16
Gypsy13.2 miles11
Mounds14.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100383. 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.