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Grenade Crossing, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fort Sill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73503. It lies near Corral Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fort Sill quadrangle.

Grenade Crossing within Comanche County

On record in Grenade Crossing

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

67 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Grenade Crossing between 1999 and 2020, burning about 916 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Fireworks12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 1999Natural5.0 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficeMEDICINE
12 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresAnadarko AgencySIGN
7 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAnadarko AgencyCOMPLEX
6 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreAnadarko AgencyMCCRACKEN FIRE
5 August 2008Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAnadarko AgencyT.L.
31 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.9 acresAnadarko AgencyPOOR FARM RD.
30 August 2009Debris and open burning60 acresAnadarko AgencyHIGHLAND
25 August 2012Natural1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyMCCRAKEN RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Corral Crossing0.3 miles16
Chatto Crossing1.1 miles16
Peachtree Crossing1.2 miles16
Ridley2.3 miles16
Sneed Acres2.4 miles16
Artillery Village2.8 miles16
Kiowa and Commanche Agency (historical)3.3 miles13
Four Mile Crossing3.6 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 Q122563916The 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 1100465. 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.