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Indogco, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Seminole North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74868. The Survey maps it on the Wewoka West quadrangle.

Indogco within Seminole County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

94 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Indogco between 2000 and 2020, burning about 12,684 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Other causes1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWewoka AgencyNARCOMY
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresWewoka AgencyBROTHER
27 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresWewoka AgencyPEPSI
18 September 2015Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresWewoka AgencyVAN FIRE
14 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWewoka AgencyWEWOKA FIRE
12 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryPALMER
3 August 2012Debris and open burning16 acresWewoka AgencyPALMER
22 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWewoka AgencyTWIN OAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Indogco: 30 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Commercial Brick Co Shale PitClayProducer
United Clay Pipe Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Wewoka Brick & Tile Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Wewoka Brick & Tile Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Five Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Three Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seminole 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
New Lima1.4 miles9
Lima1.8 miles9
Dixon2.6 miles9
Nobletown2.7 miles9
Wewoka4.1 miles12
Bowlegs5.9 miles11
Seminole6.4 miles11
Wolf7.9 miles10

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 Q122572929The 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 1763756. 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.