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Forney, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hugo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74743. The Survey maps it on the Hugo quadrangle.

Forney within Choctaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Forney between 2004 and 2006, burning about 475 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/incendiarism4
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 April 2006Natural200 acresTalihina AgencyGAY
9 April 2006Natural10 acresTalihina AgencyBOKCHITO
7 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryFORNEY
14 April 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20325
9 March 2004Arson/incendiarism85 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20138
9 March 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20137
16 February 2006Natural3.0 acresTalihina AgencyWILLOWBEND
20 January 2006Arson/incendiarism17 acresTalihina AgencySE73

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Forney: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Choctaw County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forney in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2021HailForney$15,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindForney$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down about a dozen power poles.
December 2006Flash FloodForney-Locally heavy rainfall exceeding four inches over a several hour period resulted in flooding. County roads west of town were closed due to high water over them.
May 2021HailForney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Choctaw 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
Soper4.1 miles15
Goodland4.8 miles13
Gay5.3 miles13
Kent5.8 miles16
Hugo6.0 miles16
Duland6.2 miles14
Speer6.7 miles16
Jasper6.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100424. 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.