Fugate, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the North Atoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74569. It lies near Cedar Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lane NW quadrangle.

Fugate within Atoka 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.

1901 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
1912 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1925 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Lane NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Fugate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33,850 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 79 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	81
Arson/incendiarism	79
Debris and open burning	43
Natural	19
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
8 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10533
6 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
30 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
28 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	35 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
24 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10333
22 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
21 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
20 September 2011	Natural	7.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10571

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atoka County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fugate: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
	Two Unnamed Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Atoka 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Redden	5.3 miles	17
Stringtown	7.0 miles	17
Flora	7.5 miles	14
Half Bank Crossing	8.4 miles	16
Negro Bend	9.1 miles	17
Wesley	9.1 miles	17
Burg	9.4 miles	17
Chockie	9.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100437. 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.