Frogville, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fort Towson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74743. The Survey maps it on the Frogville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Frogville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Frogville between 1995 and 2016, burning about 1,294 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISH CAMP |
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 15 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 256 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KANAWHA FIRE 2 |
| 13 August 2006 | Natural | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 578 |
| 30 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 139 |
| 24 July 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 19 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE-NOVICE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Frogville: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dave Buster Construction Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frogville in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 8 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frogville | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several large trees. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Frogville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Frogville | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Frogville | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Frogville | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Frogville | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Frogville | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Frogville | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Frogville | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huskey | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Shoals | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Sawyer | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Towson | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fallon | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| West Fort Towson | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ord | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Swink | 10.2 miles | 17 |
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 Frogville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5505318 | The 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 1100435. 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.




