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Hockerville, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quapaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74363. The Survey maps it on the Picher quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hockerville within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

266 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Hockerville (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,749 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined85
Debris and open burning71
Natural50
Arson/incendiarism46
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresMiami AgencySNAKE PIT
29 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMiami AgencyTURKEY RUN
27 September 2010Natural3.8 acresMiami AgencyMATTCRAW
22 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMiami AgencyVINE
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCherokee County166
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2010Debris and open burning1.3 acresMiami AgencyFISHERS
24 August 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreMiami AgencyYOUNG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 122 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 122 workings within 5 miles of Hockerville (historical): 111 past producers, 10 producers, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Humble Sand PitClayProducer
Central Mill & SempleStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Epperson Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
James Orr Chubb LandZincPast Producer1935
Wade MineZincPast Producer1920, 1926
Bingham Sand & Gravel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blue GooseSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bryan Chat Company Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dale Epersons Trucking Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Humble SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ottawa 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
Zincville (historical)1.5 miles14
Mills (historical)2.2 miles14
Picher (historical)2.7 miles14
Quapaw2.7 miles14
Lincolnville3.7 miles14
Douthat (historical)3.8 miles14
Cardin (historical)3.9 miles14
Five Mile4.7 miles14

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 Hockerville (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q106103319The 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 1093811. 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.