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Gano, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cushing census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74023. The Survey maps it on the Twin Mounds quadrangle.

Gano within Payne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

18 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Gano between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,044 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 September 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresPawnee AgencyMATTIE EAGLECHIEF
7 August 2012Natural2.0 acresPawnee AgencyUNDERWOOD
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,678 acresPawnee AgencyNORFOLK RD
4 August 2011Arson/incendiarism685 acresKickapoo Field OfficeDEEP ROCK
26 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePawnee AgencyLAWSON RD
9 April 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKickapoo Field OfficeMASON
23 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined218 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficeGRANDSTAFF
18 March 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficeEUCHEE VALLEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Payne 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 Gano: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Payne 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
Cushing2.1 miles10
Schlegel4.1 miles12
Amabel4.4 miles11
Cartoco5.5 miles12
North Village5.8 miles11
Drakes Corner6.6 miles10
Yale7.5 miles12
Ripley8.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100439. 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.