BlockEllerville, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the East Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74457. It lies near Telamay Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Moodys quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Moodys quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Ellerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,268 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 86 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 | 86 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | PINE VALLEY |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 200 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30474 |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30468 |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30472 |
| 11 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30557 |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30559 |
| 7 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellerville in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2019: 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellerville | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs at the Diamond Head Resort. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Ellerville | - | This tornado uprooted numerous trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Ellerville | - | Portions of Highway 10 between US 412 and US 62 were closed due to flooding. |
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.
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 Q122595327 | 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 1100388. 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.