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Green Meadow Acres, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Northwest Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73538. It stands on Chandler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Richards Spur quadrangle.

Green Meadow Acres within Comanche County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

117 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Green Meadow Acres between 2000 and 2020, burning about 6,089 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning40
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks8
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
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
4 September 2009Debris and open burning33 acresAnadarko AgencyRALPHS RSORT
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresAnadarko AgencyGREAT WHITE
22 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresAnadarko AgencyROCK ISLAND
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyBIG BEAR
16 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresAnadarko AgencySTONEY PONIT
8 August 2005Natural1.0 acresAnadarko Agency4-MILE RD.
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAnadarko AgencyPORK RIND
7 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAnadarko AgencyCOMPLEX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comanche County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Green Meadow Acres: 14 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Comanche 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
Lakeside Village0.0 miles11
Porter Hill1.1 miles11
Edgewater Park1.9 miles11
Cove Acres3.4 miles14
Lake Ellsworth Addition4.3 miles14
Elgin5.0 miles14
Ridley6.5 miles16
Duhringe Pass7.3 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122592620The 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 1101099. 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.