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Gibson, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wagoner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74467. The Survey maps it on the Northeast Muskogee quadrangle.

Gibson within Wagoner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Gibson between 2006 and 2017, burning about 401 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40301
4 February 2008Arson/incendiarism15 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBROKEN BUMPER
26 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined357 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryMALLARD BAY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wagoner County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gibson: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clay Davault PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frank Livingston Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Joe Allen Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wagoner County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gibson in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Gibson$200,000This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. In Wagoner County, this tornado developed southeast of Wagoner in the lowlands of Fort Gibson Lake. It moved northeast uprooting numerous trees, damaging homes, and destroying outbuildings north of Highway 51. The tornado then moved over Fort Gibson Lake and back onshore northeast of Wagoner where trees were uprooted and snapped, several boat docks were destroyed, and homes were damaged. It moved back over Fort Gibson Lake and then across the far northeastern portion of Wagoner County where trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado continued into Mayes County. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGibson$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines between Wagoner and Okay.
May 2020Flash FloodGibson-Widespread flooding occurred across much of Wagoner County.
May 2020Flash FloodGibson-Portions of several roads were flooded and closed between the Verdigris River and Fort Gibson Lake, south of Highway 51.
March 2012Flash FloodGibson-Highway 16 north of Okay was closed due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Wagoner 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
Okay2.3 miles18
Anchor3.6 miles18
Mallard Bay3.9 miles18
Tullahassee5.2 miles18
Wagoner6.2 miles18
Taylor Ferry6.4 miles18
Toppers7.2 miles18
Porter9.0 miles14

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 GibsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16891641The 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 1093180. 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.

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.