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Hanson, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muldrow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74955. It lies near Burrow Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Gans quadrangle. 58 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 581 feet above sea level.

Hanson within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Hanson between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,534 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 50 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Arson/incendiarism50
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2

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 2002Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism80 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30459
28 September 2016Debris and open burning20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30489
22 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30525
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2004Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30522

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hanson: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah County

Storms near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanson in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1999Tornado (F1)Hanson$90,000An F1 tornado touchdown south of Akins destroyed several barns, damaged several house roofs, and caused extensive tree damage. One house had half of its roof crushed by a tree, and outbuildings and a tractor shed were destroyed. Another home was damaged by trees and blowing debris, and a mobile home was moved off of its foundation. Another mobile home was crushed by a tree.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHanson-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted a couple trees and snapped large tree limbs.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHanson-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees.

Every storm 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
Gans3.2 miles14
Blackjack3.2 miles14
Seven Oaks3.7 miles14
Flat Rock4.3 miles14
Maple4.6 miles14
Akins5.0 miles18
Sallisaw5.0 miles15
Muldrow5.6 miles14

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 HansonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108365055The 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 1100474. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.