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Hewitt, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wilson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73463. The Survey maps it on the Healdton quadrangle.

Hewitt within Carter 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

22 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hewitt between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,035 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1

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
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresChickasaw AgencyCATTLEMEN
8 August 2006Arson/incendiarism46 acresChickasaw AgencyWALNUT BAYOU
31 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChickasaw AgencyEXXON
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresChickasaw AgencySANTA FE ROAD
24 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresChickasaw AgencyLITTLE OLD LADY
14 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChickasaw AgencyALMOST
14 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresChickasaw AgencyBULL RUN
13 August 2006Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresChickasaw AgencyLATE DAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hewitt: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, 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 Sand PitFlagstone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Wilson1.2 miles15
Dillard1.3 miles15
Rexroat3.3 miles15
Zaneis5.0 miles15
Reck (historical)5.7 miles16
Cobalt Junction5.7 miles14
Healdton6.2 miles15
Oil City7.3 miles15

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 HewittAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18152937The 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 1100489. 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.