Indianapolis, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73601. The Survey maps it on the Indianapolis quadrangle.

Indianapolis within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1976 USGS Clinton SE quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Indianapolis quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Watonga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

28 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Indianapolis between 1998 and 2020, burning about 797 acres in total. None 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
Fireworks	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	2
Debris and open burning	1
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
13 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Concho Field Office	SNIDER
24 August 2011	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.0 acres	Concho Field Office	TURTLE CREEK
5 July 2013	Fireworks	6.0 acres	Concho Field Office	FINALE
5 July 2008	Fireworks	under an acre	Concho Field Office	LUCKY STAR
3 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.1 acres	Concho Field Office	TURTLE CREEK
3 July 2018	Fireworks	under an acre	Concho Field Office	CLINTON FIREWORKS
3 July 2016	Fireworks	under an acre	Concho Field Office	DOUBLE BARREL
3 July 2009	Fireworks	under an acre	Concho Field Office	CLINTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer 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 Indianapolis: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite, Clay. 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 Dolomite Pit	Dolomite	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Custer 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
East Junction	5.7 miles	10
Arapaho	5.7 miles	10
Clinton	6.1 miles	10
Custer City	7.9 miles	10
Weatherford	8.4 miles	8
Ralph	8.4 miles	10
Foley	9.2 miles	10
Parkersburg	9.5 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100525. 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.