Hird, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Ada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74820. The Survey maps it on the Ada quadrangle.

Hird within Pontotoc County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 16 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.

1901 USGS Stonewall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Ada quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

95 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Hird between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2,701 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined	32
Debris and open burning	20
Arson/incendiarism	14
Natural	8
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Fireworks	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	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
20 September 2007	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Chickasaw Agency	HENDERSON
14 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	LAMBERT
12 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BAILER
6 August 2012	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	ELECTRIC BOX
31 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Chickasaw Agency	FULKERSON
23 August 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	38 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BRIT LOOP
20 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	50 acres	Chickasaw Agency	WOODBROOK #2
15 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	COUNTY BARN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pontotoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Hird: 12 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Ada Qy & Plt	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Lawrence Cement Plant	Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium	Producer
Ada West	Copper	Occurrence	1973
Lewis Spring	Copper	Occurrence	1929
Superior Clay Products Shale Pit	Clay	Producer
Mobile Materals Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pontotoc 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Oakman	2.4 miles	13
Homer	2.7 miles	13
Ada	2.9 miles	16
Byng	3.6 miles	16
Latta	5.2 miles	12
Ahloso	5.3 miles	12
Francis	5.3 miles	13
Happyland	5.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100498. 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.