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Ethel, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Antlers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74523. The Survey maps it on the Antlers East quadrangle.

Ethel within Pushmataha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

327 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Ethel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,153 acres in total. 17 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
Debris and open burning103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Equipment and vehicle use30
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10551
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10498
8 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10488
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10316
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pushmataha County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ethel: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
William Labor Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pushmataha County

Storms near this place

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ethel in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
February 2001Thunderstorm WindEthel$10,000Thunderstorm winds damaged one home and two framed outbuildings. There was also extensive tree damage.
March 2012FloodEthel-The Kiamichi River near Antlers rose above its flood stage of 25 feet at 10:30 am CDT on March 20th. The river crested at 31.20 feet at 1:30 am CDT on the 21st, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 10:00 pm CDT on the 22nd.
March 2012Flash FloodEthel-A combination of flash flooding and flooding of the Kiamichi River resulted in stranded homes and closed roads.
February 2001HailEthel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pushmataha 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
Big Rocks1.5 miles16
Dela2.3 miles16
Greenwood3.5 miles16
Antlers4.0 miles16
Belzoni5.2 miles16
Kellond5.6 miles17
Rattan7.2 miles16
Finley7.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100397. 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.