Five Mile, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quapaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74363. It stands on Little Fivemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Peoria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1907 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Five Mile between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,049 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Miami Agency | WATSON |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 177 |
| 27 September 2010 | Natural | 3.8 acres | Miami Agency | MATTCRAW |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Miami Agency | DEVILS |
| 16 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Miami Agency | THIRD TIME |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cherokee County | 166 |
| 28 August 2010 | Natural | 197 acres | Miami Agency | FIFTY ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Five Mile: 29 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc. 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wade Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1920, 1926 | |
| Baxter Springs | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bendrum,Corbus and Others | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1850, 1885 | |
| Blue Ribbon and Lucky Jenny Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1917, 1919 | |
| Campbell Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1925, 1928 | |
| Crawford-Holder | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1922, 1924 | |
| Hartley-Grantham Tract | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1930, 1932 | |
| Henshaw Tract | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1930, 1932 | |
| Pinnick Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mills (historical) | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lincolnville | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hockerville (historical) | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Peoria | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Quapaw | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Zincville (historical) | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Picher (historical) | 7.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100413. 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.






