Hooper, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Temple census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73548. The Survey maps it on the Hooper quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Hooper quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burkburnett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hooper between 2006 and 2020, burning about 355 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 79 AT BYERS M/A GRASS FIRE 10-22 |
| 31 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8/7/2015 |
| 28 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCGEE FIRE |
| 28 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8282020 |
| 21 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARDING FIRE M/A BYERS |
| 10 August 2014 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUDDY |
| 10 August 2014 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOFFIT RD FIRE RUDDY M/A BYERS |
| 30 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hooper: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silica, Copper, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitts Pit & Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1941 | |
| Waurika West-3 | Copper, Manganese | Occurrence | 1940 | |
| Whiskey Creek-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1852 | |
| Whiskey Creek-2 | Copper | Occurrence | 1913 | |
| Whiskey Creek-3 | Copper | Occurrence | 1913 | |
| Jacobson Materials Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Temple | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fivemile Corner | 14.3 miles | 10 | |
| Randlett | 15.4 miles | 10 | |
| Walters | 15.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cookietown | 16.8 miles | 9 | |
| Devol | 22.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hulen | 23.9 miles | 12 |
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 Hooper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18153115 | The 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 1100503. 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.



