BlockGay, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hugo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74743. It stands on Hanubby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Grant quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Grant quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Gay between 2006 and 2019, burning about 457 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2006 | Natural | 200 acres | Talihina Agency | GAY |
| 7 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | FORNEY |
| 9 February 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1424 CR 35810 |
| 19 November 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 January 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Talihina Agency | MTPLEASANT |
| 21 January 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12112 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gay in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gay | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a barn southwest of Gay. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gay | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees, some blocked county roads. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gay | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees near the Muddy Boggy bridge. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gay | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees, some blocked county roads. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Gay | - | 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.
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 Gay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18343609 | 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 1093152. 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.
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.