BlockJobes, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Pawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74058. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Skedee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1929 USGS Skedee quadrangle1:62500
- 1931 USGS Skedee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Skedee quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Jobes between 1999 and 2019, burning about 5,658 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Osage Agency | BOWMAN |
| 1 September 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | CEMENT TRUCK |
| 31 August 2009 | Other causes | under an acre | Osage Agency | MICHAEL'S |
| 23 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.6 acres | Osage Agency | BADLEY |
| 9 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Osage Agency | DRAINAGE |
| 9 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Osage Agency | HORSE |
| 16 July 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Osage Agency | BOWMAN |
| 4 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Osage Agency | PASULI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jobes: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renfro Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Skedee-1 | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1975 | |
| Pawnee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100539. 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.