BlockJumbo, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Antlers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74557. It stands on Little Tenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jumbo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1901 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jumbo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Jumbo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,008 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10476 |
| 5 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10546 |
| 2 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10565 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jumbo in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jumbo | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home and blew over a camper north of Jumbo. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Jumbo | $10,000 | A tornado snapped or uprooted a number of trees. Power poles were also snapped by this tornado. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 100 mph. This tornado was observed by a storm chaser. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jumbo | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs and also blew a metal roof off a shed. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Jumbo | - | Storm chasers witnessed a tornado over rugged terrain east of the Indian Nation Turnpike. The area where the tornado occurred was inaccessible by road. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Jumbo | - | This is the second of two segments of this tornado, which developed in Atoka County, Oklahoma. A storm chaser witnessed a large cone-shaped tornado over open country. No known damage resulted from this tornado. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Jumbo | - | A storm chaser observed a brief tornado northwest of Jumbo that was over open country. This tornado produced no known damage. |
| April 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Jumbo | - | The public reported a brief touchdown of a F0 tornado just north of Jumbo. No damage was reported. |
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Jumbo | - | A county road near Jumbo was under water. About 3 1/2" of rain fell in this location. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Jumbo | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100542. 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.
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.