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Iron Post, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Bristow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74010. The Survey maps it on the Gypsy quadrangle.

Iron Post within Creek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

40 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Iron Post between 2005 and 2020, burning about 14,110 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 burning16
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
14 September 2006Arson/incendiarism380 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeWILDLIFE
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeRADIO ROAD
2 August 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeLOOKS TWICE
15 August 2006Naturalunder an acrePawnee AgencyOIL
28 July 2011Other causes17 acresOkmulgee Field Office37 RESERVOIR
13 July 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeMAZDA
8 April 2016Debris and open burning120 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeJUNIOR VARSITY
7 April 2016Misuse of fire by a minor992 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeVARSITY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Iron Post: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Creek County

Storms near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iron Post in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2022Thunderstorm WindIron Post-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down two trees onto Highway 48.
October 2021Tornado (EFU)Iron Post-This tornado produced a tornadic debris signature from the KINX WSR-88D. It apparently developed just east of 369th W Road and south of 321st Road. It remained west of Highway 48. There were no roads accessing the area where the tornado occurred, thus the NWS survey team wasn't able to review any of the damage that produced the debris signature.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindIron Post-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Iron Post-This is the third segment of a three segment tornado, continuing from Okfuskee County. In Creek County, this tornado snapped large tree limbs and uprooted a few small trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 85 to 95 mph.
May 2000HailIron Post-no account filed
June 1996HailIron Post-no account filed
October 1993HailIron Post-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Creek 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
Newby3.0 miles11
Gypsy3.0 miles11
Ritts Junction5.7 miles10
Pulaski6.3 miles16
Aron6.4 miles10
Bristow7.2 miles16
Depew7.5 miles11
Slick8.2 miles17

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 Q49354493The 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 1100528. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.