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Jacktown, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Meeker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74851. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Luther SE quadrangle.

Jacktown within Lincoln 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.

Fires near this place

27 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Jacktown between 2005 and 2019, burning about 185 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2

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
4 September 2010Fireworksunder an acreKickapoo Field OfficeHUT
6 July 2011Fireworksunder an acreKickapoo Field OfficePOP
3 July 2011Fireworks1.0 acresKickapoo Field Office3 SPOT
29 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresKickapoo Field OfficeGOLDEN HIGH
1 July 2012Fireworksunder an acreKickapoo Field OfficeKICKAPOO
19 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKickapoo Field OfficeLAGOON 2
6 April 2009Debris and open burning4.0 acresKickapoo Field OfficeKICKAPOO CASINO 4
24 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern Plains Regional OfficeOAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jacktown: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacktown in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
September 2023Thunderstorm WindJacktown1 hurt, $15,000Travel trailer rolled into the front of a mobile home. One occupant of the mobile home sustained minor injuries as the corner of the travel trailer crushed the front door inward. Time is radar estimated.
November 2024Tornado (EF1)Jacktown$300,000The Harrah Tornado which initially developed in southeast Oklahoma City and moved through Harrah in Oklahoma County moved into Lincoln County north of NE 63rd Street. The tornado continued to move northeast eventually moving through the western portion of Warwick and dissipating just north of Warwick north of Interstate 44. At least one mobile home was destroyed and a few others significantly damaged. A few homes suffered roof damage, and numerous trees and power poles were damaged along the path in Lincoln County.
June 2019Tornado (EF1)Jacktown$60,000Lincoln County Emergency Management reported a path of damage from a tornado along 108th Street (E0990 Road) from just west of E3310 Road to just east of Fowler Road (N3340). From there, the tornado turned northeast and dissipated northeast of E0980 Road and N3350 Road. A few homes received roof and/or siding damage, barns and other outbuildings were damaged or destroyed and power poles were damaged.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindJacktown$4,000Power lines blown down near the intersection of U.S. Highway 177 and East 1070 Road. Time is radar estimated.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindJacktown$100Tree limbs, four inches in diameter, were downed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindJacktown-Report of 68-inch diameter tree limbs blown down. Time is radar estimated.
September 2023HailJacktown-MPing report.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindJacktown-Large tree blown down, blocking a portion of the North Pottawatomie Road and Wilshire Drive intersection. Time is radar estimated.
October 2021Tornado (EF0)Jacktown-This tornado moved into Lincoln County from Oklahoma County at Britton Road (E 1000 Road) and continued to move northeast a short distance creating tree damage.
April 2016HailJacktown-Report relayed from twitter.
June 2008HailJacktown-Golfball size hail covered the ground near the intersection of Highway 62 and 102. The report was relayed through the Lincoln county emergency management.
March 2019HailJacktown-no account filed
October 2016HailJacktown-no account filed
July 2016HailJacktown-no account filed
April 2013HailJacktown-no account filed
May 2004HailJacktown-no account filed
May 1993HailJacktown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Fowler2.8 miles10
Clifton4.7 miles10
Midway4.8 miles13
Meeker5.2 miles10
Rossville6.0 miles10
Payson8.3 miles10
Midlothian9.9 miles10
Sparks11.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100533. 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.