Falls Creek Assembly, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Murray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73030. It stands on Falls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dougherty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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 Ardmore quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1918 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dougherty quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Falls Creek Assembly between 1992 and 2016, burning about 28,315 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Chickasaw Agency | JOHN TRACT |
| 18 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Chickasaw Agency | MARRIS |
| 15 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,577 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | ARBUCKLE COMPLEX |
| 18 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Chickasaw National Recreation Area | DOUGHERTY #1 |
| 17 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,423 acres | Chickasaw Agency | TURNER FALLS #3 |
| 16 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,360 acres | Chickasaw Agency | GEORGE JOHN |
| 14 August 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | 77 WEST |
| 23 July 2006 | Smoking | 5.3 acres | Chickasaw Agency | HARLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Falls Creek Assembly: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Southern Rock Asphalt Co Limest Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rayford | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Village | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Jollyville | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dougherty | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Davis | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Crusher | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Washita | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Drake | 8.7 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Falls Creek Assembly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30636239 | 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 1092757. 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.





