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Herd, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pawhuska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74056. The Survey maps it on the Herd quadrangle.

Herd within Osage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

26 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Herd between 2002 and 2019, burning about 21,505 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
16 April 2014Debris and open burning2,880 acresOsage AgencyRANCH
13 April 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOsage AgencyVANN
10 April 2014Debris and open burning20 acresOsage AgencyDRUNK
1 April 2014Debris and open burning5,015 acresOsage AgencyGOBBLER
6 March 2010Arson/incendiarism13 acresOsage AgencyMASSEY
5 March 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.2 acresOsage AgencyCLEARWATER
30 March 2010Arson/incendiarism1,133 acresOsage AgencyCOLLINS
30 March 2010Arson/incendiarism2,613 acresOsage AgencyDEER LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Herd: 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herd in 1 storm report in 2025: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025HailHerd$10,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Bigheart1.6 miles15
Bowring4.4 miles12
Whippoorwill5.0 miles12
Oak Ridge5.2 miles12
Nanos5.9 miles13
Boulangerville6.4 miles12
Boulanger Landing7.3 miles12
Hickory Hill7.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100487. 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.