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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Cheyenne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Herring quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Herring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | TINFOIL |
| 18 August 1994 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 5 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Concho Field Office | HAMMON |
| 30 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 155 acres | Cibola National Forest | STRONG CITY |
| 7 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 acres | Cibola National Forest | SQUARE TOP |
| 3 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | MOORE |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Cibola National Forest | MINER |
| 12 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | GAS PLANT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Hail | Herring | - | Dime to quarter size hail was reported covering the ground. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Herring | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Herring | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strong City | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hammon | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cheyenne | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hammon Junction | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Carpenter | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Berlin | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Rosehill | 12.7 miles | 11 | |
| Roll | 15.5 miles | 8 |
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.






