Indian Meadows, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Tahlequah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74464. It stands on Tahlequah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park Hill quadrangle.
On record in Indian Meadows
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
First Cherokee Female Seminary Sitelisted 1974 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1898 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1905 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Park Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
343 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 343 fires within 5 miles of Indian Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,685 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 103 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 | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 |
| Debris and open burning | 88 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | TAHLEQUAH CEMETERY |
| 6 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30469 |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30467 |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.6 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | RABBIT |
| 26 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Indian Meadows: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Ryals Chert Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsa La Gi Indian Village | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Park Hill | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Green Country Estates | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Tahlequah | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Welling | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Metory | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Keys | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Etta | 5.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1094094. 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.








