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Haywood, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Northwest Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. The Survey maps it on the Haywood quadrangle. 150 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Haywood within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Haywood between 1993 and 2017, burning about 1,294 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
15 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTalihina AgencyKILBORN1
1 June 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20078
26 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined700 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryARPELAR 222
21 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
17 March 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTalihina AgencyARPELAR
20 February 1993Arson/incendiarism200 acresTalihina Agencynot named
21 December 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20221
7 January 2006Arson/incendiarism350 acresTalihina AgencyARPELAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haywood in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 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 2008Tornado (EF2)Haywood$500,000A strong tornado severely damaged homes, snapped and uprooted numerous trees, and blew down power poles and power lines.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindHaywood$20,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns and blew several trees down.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHaywood$15,000no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindHaywood$100Several large tree limbs downed
September 2020Thunderstorm WindHaywood-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
May 2015Flash FloodHaywood-Highway 31 was closed from the Indian Nations Turnpike, west to Haywood due to flooding.
April 2015Flash FloodHaywood-The Z bridge was completely submerged on Double Springs Road.
June 2014Flash FloodHaywood-Highway 31 was closed due to high water.
March 2008Flash FloodHaywood-Heavy rain caused parts of Highway 31 to be closed due to high water.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHaywood-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
November 2020HailHaywood-no account filed
February 2012HailHaywood-no account filed
June 2009HailHaywood-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindHaywood-no account filed
May 2003HailHaywood-no account filed
May 2002HailHaywood-no account filed
May 2001HailHaywood-no account filed
March 2000HailHaywood-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHaywood-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodHaywood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Arpelar3.9 miles17
Cabaniss5.5 miles13
Halley6.4 miles18
Ward Springs6.6 miles13
Chambers6.7 miles18
Savanna6.8 miles18
Brewer6.9 miles18
Frink8.4 miles18

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 HaywoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5687432The 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 1093625. 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.

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.