Harjo, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74873. It stands on Brier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maud quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1896 USGS Seminole and Prague quadrangle1:125000
- 1907 USGS Maud quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Maud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Maud quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Harjo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,784 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Wewoka Agency | TIGER |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 acres | Wewoka Agency | HORSE TRAIL |
| 24 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Wewoka Agency | ECO |
| 30 March 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Wewoka Agency | SHORT |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wewoka Agency | JA AIRPORT |
| 2 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 135 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | OAK SNAG |
| 2 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 161 acres | Wewoka Agency | 3510 |
| 19 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 512 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | BRIAR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Harjo: 9 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harjo in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Hail | Harjo | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earlsboro | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tecumseh | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Shawnee Town (historical) | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Chisney | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Macomb-Y | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Brooksville | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ellaville | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Romulus | 8.4 miles | 15 |
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 Harjo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5658093 | 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 1100477. 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.







