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Featherston, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Quinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74561. The Survey maps it on the Featherston quadrangle.

Featherston within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Featherston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,613 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 68 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/incendiarism68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresTalihina AgencyELM POINT
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 August 2012Arson/incendiarism20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20146
5 August 2012Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20145
5 August 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20144
3 August 2011Natural8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20384
22 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20449

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg 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 Featherston: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Featherston in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2013: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
May 2013Thunderstorm WindFeatherston$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several power poles, flipped over a storage building and blew another into a line of trees, and flipped over a pontoon boat.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFeatherston$100Large tree limbs blown down
February 2009HailFeatherston-no account filed
January 2002HailFeatherston-no account filed
April 1995HailFeatherston-no account filed
November 1994Thunderstorm WindFeatherston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Blocker4.3 miles17
Russellville5.8 miles14
Quinton7.0 miles17
Bristow Point7.1 miles17
Massey Point8.3 miles14
Carlton Landing9.2 miles13
Crowder10.0 miles14
Canadian11.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100408. 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.