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Herring, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the East Roger Mills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73628. It stands on Sandstone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Herring quadrangle.

Herring within Roger Mills County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Herring between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,399 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes1
Natural1
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
5 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresCibola National ForestTINFOIL
18 August 1994Natural2.5 acresCibola National Forestnot named
5 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresConcho Field OfficeHAMMON
30 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use155 acresCibola National ForestSTRONG CITY
7 April 2006Equipment and vehicle use1,000 acresCibola National ForestSQUARE TOP
3 March 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCibola National ForestMOORE
25 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresCibola National ForestMINER
12 March 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresCibola National ForestGAS PLANT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Roger Mills County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Herring: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Roger Mills County

Storms near this place

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herring in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 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
November 2006HailHerring-Dime to quarter size hail was reported covering the ground.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindHerring-no account filed
April 1994HailHerring-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Roger Mills 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
Strong City6.0 miles11
Hammon7.4 miles8
Cheyenne8.1 miles11
Hammon Junction8.2 miles8
Carpenter9.5 miles8
Berlin12.4 miles9
Rosehill12.7 miles11
Roll15.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1101455. 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.