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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Leflore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
251 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 116 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 86 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20441 |
| 17 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20408 |
| 8 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perkings Quarry | Flagstone | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Fanshawe | $25,000 | This 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanshawe | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several small trees and snapped power lines. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanshawe | $500 | A door was blown off of a car port. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanshawe | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped a tree and blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fanshawe | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Fanshawe | - | A F0 tornado touched down briefly near Fanshawe. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Fanshawe | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Fanshawe | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Fanshawe | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Fanshawe | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Hail | Fanshawe | - | no account filed |
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.
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.








