Keefton, Oklahoma

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muskogee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74403. The Survey maps it on the Keefton quadrangle.

Keefton within Muskogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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.

1901 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1901 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1905 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000
1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Keefeton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Keefeton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Keefeton SE quadrangle1:24000
1974 USGS Keefton quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Keefton between 2006 and 2012, burning about 1,464 acres in total. None 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/undetermined	3
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	2

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
7 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	197 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	STRETCH
15 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	40301
14 August 2010	Debris and open burning	175 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	40301
1 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	420 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	MCINTOSH ONE
18 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	88 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	BAMBI
6 March 2012	Arson/incendiarism	50 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30167
23 March 2011	Arson/incendiarism	65 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30201
9 February 2008	Debris and open burning	118 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	RED HOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee 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 Keefton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee 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
Martin	2.2 miles	19
McLain	4.1 miles	19
Warner	6.8 miles	15
Summit	6.9 miles	18
Oktaha	7.2 miles	19
Grandview Heights	8.7 miles	19
Hy 10 Landing	8.8 miles	19
Braggs	9.1 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1094301. 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.