Kaw Agency, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kaw City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74641. The Survey maps it on the Kaw City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kaw Agency within Kay County

On record in Kaw Agency

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Kaw Indian Agencylisted 1973 · 0.6 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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.

1935 USGS Kaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Kaw City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1985 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Kaw Agency (historical) between 2002 and 2009, burning about 197 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	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
10 May 2006	Natural	under an acre	Pawnee Agency	ADENA
3 April 2002	Arson/incendiarism	160 acres	Osage Agency	APPERSON
27 February 2004	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Pawnee Agency	HISSUM
22 February 2009	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Osage Agency	GRAY AREA
10 February 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12 acres	Pawnee Agency	KILDARE 2
5 December 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Osage Agency	FROZEN
4 January 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Osage Agency	E. KILDARE
14 January 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Osage Agency	COLD TOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kay County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kaw Agency (historical): 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Peel Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Kay 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Washunga	0.9 miles	14
Kaw City	2.4 miles	14
Uncas	4.2 miles	12
McFadden Cove	7.5 miles	15
Kildare	10.6 miles	11
Newkirk	12.4 miles	11
Hardy	12.6 miles	12
Ponca City	13.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2438010. 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.