BlockHoxbar, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Love census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73401. The Survey maps it on the Lake Murray quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1918 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Lake Murray quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Hoxbar between 1996 and 2011, burning about 3,018 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | GUTIERREZ |
| 6 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BOGGY CREEK |
| 4 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | POOLSIDE |
| 30 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Chickasaw Agency | NIBLACK |
| 9 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | ENVILLE-RUN FIRE |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw National Recreation Area | SUNSHINE |
| 7 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Chickasaw Agency | SPEEDO |
| 24 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Chickasaw Agency | 77F |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547288 | 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 1100511. 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.