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Fanshawe, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Wister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74935. The Survey maps it on the Leflore quadrangle.

Fanshawe within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

251 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Fanshawe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,566 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined116
Arson/incendiarism86
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2002Debris and open burning9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2002Natural1.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20441
17 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2001Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20408
8 August 2002Arson/incendiarism45 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore 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 Fanshawe: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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
Perkings QuarryFlagstoneProducer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fanshawe in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Fanshawe$25,000This tornado developed within a line of thunderstorms, along Le Flore Road west of Summerfield. It moved east-northeast uprooting a number of trees and damaging outbuildings. The tornado dissipated as it approached Wister Lake. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 95 mph.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindFanshawe$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several small trees and snapped power lines.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindFanshawe$500A door was blown off of a car port.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Fanshawe-This tornado developed near CR E1405 and moved over mostly heavily wooded terrain that was inaccessible by road. Trees were snapped as it crossed CR E1380, where the tornado had a more northward movement. More trees were snapped as it crossed CR N4595. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindFanshawe-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped a tree and blew down numerous large tree limbs.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindFanshawe-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 2000Tornado (F0)Fanshawe-A F0 tornado touched down briefly near Fanshawe.
April 2011HailFanshawe-no account filed
February 2000HailFanshawe-no account filed
March 1999HailFanshawe-no account filed
April 1998HailFanshawe-no account filed
February 1996HailFanshawe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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
Caston4.0 miles15
Summerfield4.2 miles15
Leflore5.2 miles16
Walls5.9 miles15
Braidwood6.0 miles15
Victor6.5 miles15
Kennady9.0 miles17
Wister9.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1101414. 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.