BlockFonda, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Seiling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73663. The Survey maps it on the Orion quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Orion quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Fonda between 2005 and 2016, burning about 107 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Concho Field Office | SANDERS |
| 8 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Concho Field Office | BULLCOMING |
| 23 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Concho Field Office | CHARLES |
| 30 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Concho Field Office | BULLCOMING |
| 3 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Concho Field Office | INDIAN |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Concho Field Office | INDIAN ROAD |
| 22 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Concho Field Office | BLACK HOLE |
| 4 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Concho Field Office | INDIAN RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 1763610. 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.