BlockGas City, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Duncan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73533. The Survey maps it on the Empire City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Temple quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Burkburnett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Empire City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Gas City between 2005 and 2006, burning about 424 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 84 acres | Anadarko Agency | BIGBOW |
| 21 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BULLDOG |
| 24 December 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 320 acres | Anadarko Agency | BEAVER CR. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gas City: 4 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire City | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Oil City | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Meridian | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Corum | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sunray | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Dixie Park | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Duncan | 7.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100444. 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.