BlockHuskey, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fort Towson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74735. The Survey maps it on the Frogville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1951 USGS Frogville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Huskey between 1999 and 2020, burning about 385 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISH CAMP |
| 28 August 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALE |
| 31 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 110 |
| 22 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | RAYMOND GARY |
| 20 December 2016 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6242 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Huskey: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dave Buster Construction Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frogville | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Towson | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| West Fort Towson | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Swink | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sawyer | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Shoals | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Fallon | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Virgil | 10.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100517. 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.