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Frisco, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Southeast Pontotoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74871. It stands on Bois d'Arc Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stonewall quadrangle.

Frisco within Pontotoc County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

48 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Frisco between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,177 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresChickasaw AgencySPRADLING
7 August 2012Natural20 acresChickasaw AgencyWYCHE
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresChickasaw AgencyJONES OIL
27 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.5 acresChickasaw AgencyCITATION OIL
19 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresChickasaw AgencyOIL RAG
12 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresChickasaw AgencyCITATION OIL
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresChickasaw AgencyTRIBAL HOUSING
7 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresChickasaw AgencyROAD SIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pontotoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Frisco: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Sand and Gravel PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pontotoc County

Storms near this place

1 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frisco in 1 storm report in 1996: 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
April 1996Thunderstorm WindFrisco$1,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pontotoc 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
Coil2.7 miles12
Stonewall2.8 miles12
Harden City3.0 miles11
Union Valley3.2 miles12
Fittstown3.7 miles12
Franks4.4 miles12
Jesse5.2 miles11
Ahloso6.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100434. 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.