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Higgins, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the South Latimer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74578. The Survey maps it on the Higgins quadrangle.

Higgins within Latimer County

On record in Higgins

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

317 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 317 fires within 5 miles of Higgins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,584 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 125 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/incendiarism125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined100
Debris and open burning53
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking8
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20387
3 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2002Debris and open burning80 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTalihina AgencyEC20426
18 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20476

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latimer 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 Higgins: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Dolese Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Latimer County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Higgins in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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)Higgins4 hurt, $1,000,000This tornado continued from Pittsburg County. As it moved into Latimer County, the tornado destroyed a double-wide mobile home, severely damaged another home and barn, and rolled an F350 pickup truck about 50 yards. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted as the tornado approached Yanush. In Yanush, about 50 homes were damaged, eight of those were destroyed along with one business. Numerous sheds, barns, and outbuildings were destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHiggins$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindHiggins$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour uprooted a large tree and destroyed an outbuilding.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHiggins-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree.
December 2015FloodHiggins-Portions of Highway 1 southeast of Hartshorne were closed due to flooding.
August 2005HailHiggins-A nearly stationary supercell thunderstorm produced hail for about 20 minutes, the largest of which was baseball size.
June 1998HailHiggins-Reported on the Pittsburg/Latimer County line
April 2014HailHiggins-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindHiggins-no account filed
April 2006HailHiggins-no account filed
May 2001HailHiggins-no account filed
June 1998HailHiggins-no account filed
November 1998Funnel CloudHiggins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Latimer 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
Gowen5.3 miles16
Veterans Colony6.8 miles16
Bowers7.0 miles16
Damon7.3 miles16
Drumb8.5 miles16
Chilli9.0 miles16
Yanush9.5 miles15
Wilburton9.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100493. 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.