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Flint, Oklahoma

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Colcord census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74347. It lies near Fivemile Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs NW quadrangle.

Flint within Delaware County

On record in Flint

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Hildebrand's Mill, Flint, Delaware County, OK
Hildebrand's Mill, Flint, Delaware County, OK
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Flint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,384 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 58 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/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Debris and open burning45
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 August 2010Arson/incendiarism12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30392
20 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Flint: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Platinum. 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
Woodruff FarmUranium, PlatinumOccurrence
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flint in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 3 hail, 3 tornado, 3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2003Tornado (F1)Flint2 hurt, $1,000,000A F1 tornado touched down near Flint on Flint Creek or about 5 miles east southeast of community of Kansas. The tornado was on the ground for 3.2 miles and was 200 yards wide. Approximated 30-40 mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged or destroyed. Several automobiles were also damaged.Two people were taken to a hospital due to injuries. However, they were released later in the day.
May 2011Tornado (EF2)Flint$250,000This is the second of two segments of this tornado. In Delaware County, this tornado severely damaged several homes in the Fiddler's Bend area and snapped or uprooted many trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 115 mph. Several citizens witnessed this tornado.
November 2018Tornado (EF1)Flint$50,000This is the final segment of a six segment tornado. This long-track tornado moved into Delaware County southwest of Dripping Springs and Natural Falls State Park, where trees were uprooted. The tornado tracked north-northeast damaging a few homes, destroying a couple outbuildings, and snapping and uprooting trees as it crossed Highway 412. It dissipated southeast of Colcord. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
October 2019FloodFlint-Flint Creek near Kansas rose above its flood stage of 11 feet at 3:00 pm CDT on October 6th. The river crested at 13.55 feet at 4:45 pm CDT on the 6th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 9:00 pm CDT on the 6th.
April 2017FloodFlint-The Flint Creek near Kansas rose above its flood stage of 11 feet at 11:45 am CDT on April 29th. The river crested at 18.31 feet at 2:00 pm CDT on the 29th, resulting in major flooding (2nd highest crest on record). Devastating flooding occurred from near Fidlers Bend to the Chewey Bridge, and permanent campgrounds and cabins were overtopped. Monetary damage estimates were not available. The river fell below flood stage at 11:45 pm CDT on the 29th.
December 2015FloodFlint-The Flint Creek near Kansas rose above its flood stage of 11 feet at 10:45 pm CST on December 27th. The river crested at 14.13 feet at 4:00 am CST on the 27th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river began to fall but after another round of heavy rainfall, the river crested a second time at 16.04 feet at 10:30 pm CST on the 27th, resulting in major flooding (3rd highest crest on record). Farmland and permanent campgrounds were flooded. The river fell below its flood stage at 9:30 am CST on the 28th.
July 2003HailFlint-no account filed
April 1995HailFlint-no account filed
April 1995HailFlint-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindFlint-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Beckwith0.7 miles19
Flint Creek1.9 miles19
Dripping Springs2.1 miles19
Kansas4.9 miles18
Colcord5.4 miles18
Row6.4 miles18
Cloud Creek6.4 miles19
West Siloam Springs7.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100416. 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.