Fewell, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Pushmataha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74558. It stands on Uphill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Albion SE quadrangle.
On record in Fewell
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Fewell Schoollisted 1988 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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 Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Albion SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Fewell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,321 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 102 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 | 102 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10566 |
| 30 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10566 |
| 28 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | 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 Fewell: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Unnamed Shale Pits | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fewell in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fewell | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Fewell | - | A brief tornado developed over open country north of Highway 144. The tornado resulted in no known damage. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Fewell | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Fewell | - | 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 1100410. 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.









