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Jesse, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Southeast Pontotoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74871. The Survey maps it on the Harden City quadrangle.

Jesse within Pontotoc County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

24 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Jesse between 2005 and 2019, burning about 2,903 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Other causes1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresChickasaw AgencySPRADLING
7 August 2012Natural20 acresChickasaw AgencyWYCHE
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresChickasaw AgencyJONES OIL
27 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.5 acresChickasaw AgencyCITATION OIL
12 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresChickasaw AgencyCITATION OIL
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresChickasaw AgencyTRIBAL HOUSING
22 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use9.4 acresChickasaw AgencyWILDCAT SPRINGS #2
22 July 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution15 acresChickasaw AgencyPOWER POLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pontotoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jesse: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pontotoc County

Storms near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jesse in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 tornado. 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 2001Tornado (F2)Jesse$45,000This tornado formed 2.5 miles southwest of Jesse in Pontotoc County and tracked northeastward for 15 miles, crossed through northwest Coal County, then re-entered eastern Pontotoc County before dissipating. A mobile home and barn were destroyed, and power poles were downed 1.5 miles west of Jesse. The mobile home was picked up, thrown northward over a fence and completely broken apart with contents spread over a half-mile area. About 1 mile northwest of Jesse, a barn was destroyed; oil storage tanks were overturned and smashed; an oil pumping unit was overturned and torn apart; power poles were downed, and fences were blown over.

Every storm recorded in Pontotoc 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
Harden City4.1 miles11
Stonewall4.9 miles12
Frisco5.2 miles12
Coil5.3 miles12
Fittstown6.0 miles12
Franks6.2 miles12
Union Valley8.2 miles12
Lula9.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1094217. 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.