Gaar Corner, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Northwest Pontotoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74820. The Survey maps it on the Vanoss quadrangle.

Gaar Corner 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.

1901 USGS Stonewall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Vanoss quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Gaar Corner between 1996 and 2011, burning about 594 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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	10
Debris and open burning	6
Arson/incendiarism	5
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
29 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	CASSADY
12 May 2005	Natural	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	VANOSS
7 April 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	4.1 acres	Chickasaw Agency	GREIN
9 March 2007	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Chickasaw Agency	DETH RIDGE
31 March 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Chickasaw Agency	PIPELINE
3 March 2009	Power generation/transmission/distribution	4.4 acres	Chickasaw Agency	ALMOST FIRE
8 February 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BUREAU
4 February 2008	Arson/incendiarism	237 acres	Chickasaw Agency	KNICK MYER

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 Gaar Corner: 6 past producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Vanoss	2.3 miles	12
Center	2.5 miles	12
Pickett	4.7 miles	12
Bebee	5.0 miles	12
Oil Center	5.4 miles	12
Union Hill	5.4 miles	12
Hart	6.4 miles	12
Maxwell	7.4 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100438. 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.