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Gulftown, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Henryetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74437. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Henryetta quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Gulftown within Okmulgee County

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

63 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Gulftown between 1998 and 2020, burning about 11,970 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Other causes2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
7 September 2012Naturalunder an acreDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeCOALTON STRIKE
30 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeMONTEZUMA CREEK
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined96 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeQUILT BARN
4 August 2008Arson/incendiarism4.1 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSWEET MAGNOLIA
23 July 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeWILSON 2
12 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeCOALTON#2
12 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreDeep Fork National Wildlife RefugeCOALTON#1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Gulftown: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee 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
Sunrise0.4 miles16
Kusa0.9 miles16
Dighton1.2 miles16
Dewar1.6 miles16
Spelter City2.8 miles16
Coalton3.2 miles16
Grayson3.8 miles14
Henryetta3.9 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.

Wikipedia article on GulftownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q107451430The 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 1100469. 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.