Independence, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Heavener census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74937. It lies near Pine Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Wister quadrangle.

Independence within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1900 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Heavener quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Wister quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Independence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,589 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 52 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
Arson/incendiarism	52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	43
Debris and open burning	32
Natural	9
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
5 September 2002	Smoking	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
27 September 2006	Natural	2.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	BLUE MTN 3
25 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
18 September 2004	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20362
13 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	18 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20359
13 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	6.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	SUGAR LOAF VISTA
8 August 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20412
7 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20433

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Independence: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore 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
Conser	3.0 miles	17
Glendale	3.1 miles	17
Reichert	3.8 miles	17
Hodgen	4.0 miles	17
Petros	4.0 miles	18
Hodgens Station	4.1 miles	17
Heavener	4.3 miles	17
Forest Hill	4.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100520. 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.