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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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 Sansbois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Sans Bois quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Sans Bois quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Sansbois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Featherston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Featherston quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
167 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Talihina Agency | ELM POINT |
| 2 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20146 |
| 5 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20145 |
| 5 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20144 |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20384 |
| 22 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20449 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Featherston | $50,000 | Strong 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Featherston | $100 | Large tree limbs blown down |
| February 2009 | Hail | Featherston | - | no account filed |
| January 2002 | Hail | Featherston | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Featherston | - | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Featherston | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blocker | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Russellville | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Quinton | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bristow Point | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Massey Point | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Carlton Landing | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Crowder | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Canadian | 11.1 miles | 14 |
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.










