BlockHammon Junction, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It lies in ZIP code area 73650. The Survey maps it on the Hammon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hammon quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Hammon quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hammon Junction between 2001 and 2019, burning about 446 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Concho Field Office | QUICKIE |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Concho Field Office | WELDER |
| 24 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Washita National Wildlife Refuge | LIGHTNINGW |
| 1 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Concho Field Office | RED BIRD 2 |
| 12 July 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.1 acres | Concho Field Office | REDBIRD |
| 10 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Concho Field Office | ROBBINS |
| 21 April 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Concho Field Office | TANK |
| 6 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 344 acres | Concho Field Office | RED MOON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hammon Junction: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Siltstone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 Q122553327 | The 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 1100473. 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.