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Harden City, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the South Central Pontotoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74871. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harden City quadrangle.

Harden City within Pontotoc 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

33 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Harden City between 2005 and 2019, burning about 3,093 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Other causes1

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 2013Recreation and ceremony9.5 acresChickasaw AgencyROSS FIRE
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresChickasaw AgencySPRADLING
7 August 2012Natural20 acresChickasaw AgencyWYCHE
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresChickasaw AgencyJONES OIL
27 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.5 acresChickasaw AgencyCITATION OIL
21 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresChickasaw AgencyFITTSTOWN SOUTH
12 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresChickasaw AgencyCITATION OIL
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresChickasaw AgencyTRIBAL HOUSING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pontotoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Harden City: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wigley QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Two Unnamed Limestone PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pontotoc County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harden City in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2007Thunderstorm WindHarden City$1,000Damage reported to trees with one foot diameter limbs torn off. Some of the trees were large Bois D' Arc.
June 2025HailHarden City-The location is approximate.
May 2022HailHarden City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pontotoc 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
Fittstown1.9 miles12
Franks2.3 miles12
Frisco3.0 miles12
Jesse4.1 miles11
Stonewall5.0 miles12
Coil5.1 miles12
Union Valley6.1 miles12
Lawrence8.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1093527. 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.