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Foreman, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muldrow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74948. The Survey maps it on the Muldrow SW quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.

Foreman within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Foreman between 1992 and 2011, burning about 1,190 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarism45 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30589
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism80 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30459
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism16 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2011Arson/incendiarism18 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30475

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Foreman: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foreman in 2 storm reports in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Foreman$25,000This tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees, and damaged the roofs of several homes. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindForeman-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.

Every storm recorded in Sequoyah 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
Baldridge2.1 miles15
Redland2.2 miles15
Gans4.7 miles14
Cottonwood5.2 miles15
Muldrow5.3 miles14
Lone Oak6.1 miles14
Flat Rock6.5 miles14
Paw Paw6.5 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ForemanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28912599The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100423. 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.