BlockJester, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Northwest Greer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73673. The Survey maps it on the Plainview quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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
- 1961 USGS Willow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jester: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jester West-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1953 | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jester in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2003: 2 hail, 1 wildfire. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Jester | - | Dry conditions and lightning combined to cause a fire at the Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management area in western Greer County. It was estimated that 500 acres of grasslands at the wildlife area burned before the fire was completely suppressed. Firefighters from 8 different city fire departments and road graders from one of the county crews were called in to battle the fire. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Jester | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Jester | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomington | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Plainview | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Reed | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Brinkman | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Willow | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Moravia | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Mangum | 13.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Creek | 15.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100537. 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.
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.