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Hart, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Northwest Pontotoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74820. The Survey maps it on the Hart quadrangle.

Hart within Pontotoc County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Hart between 1996 and 2011, burning about 1,427 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 August 2008Debris and open burning3.1 acresChickasaw AgencyKINDA OFF
2 April 2005Debris and open burning70 acresChickasaw AgencyORPHAN II
8 March 2006Natural15 acresChickasaw AgencyBANOFF
27 March 2008Arson/incendiarism11 acresChickasaw AgencyFALL OUT
12 March 2005Natural240 acresChickasaw AgencyORPHAN
12 March 2005Debris and open burning200 acresChickasaw AgencyL RIDGE 2
4 February 2008Arson/incendiarism237 acresChickasaw AgencyKNICK MYER
29 February 2008Arson/incendiarism20 acresChickasaw AgencyBUIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pontotoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Hart: 21 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Two Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Vanoss4.2 miles12
Dolberg (historical)6.0 miles12
Gaar Corner6.4 miles12
Roff7.2 miles13
Center8.0 miles12
Fitzhugh8.2 miles13
Pickett8.9 miles12
Lawrence9.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100481. 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.