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Gore Landing, Oklahoma

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Vian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74435. It lies near Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Gore quadrangle.

Gore Landing within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

210 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Gore Landing between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,718 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 90 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/incendiarism90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning35
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30546
7 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30462
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30587
4 September 2012Natural42 acresCherokee Nation TribeHOUSTON TEEHEE
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use70 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30490
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30557

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Gore Landing: 14 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah 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
Gore1.2 miles20
Notiechtown3.7 miles20
Carlisle4.0 miles20
Redbird Smith5.0 miles20
Aqua Park6.8 miles20
Vian6.9 miles16
Paradise Hill7.3 miles19
Box7.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100455. 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.