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Kellond, Oklahoma

17 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 74523. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moyers quadrangle.

Kellond within Pushmataha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

302 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Kellond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,854 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 105 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/incendiarism105
Debris and open burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural9
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10551
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10498
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10467
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10522
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10316
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pushmataha County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kellond: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pushmataha County

Storms near this place

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kellond in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2018Thunderstorm WindKellond-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Antlers measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2024HailKellond-no account filed
June 1994HailKellond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pushmataha 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Antlers2.5 miles16
Big Rocks4.3 miles16
Moyers4.4 miles17
Ethel5.6 miles16
Greenwood5.7 miles16
Kosoma6.0 miles16
Miller6.6 miles17
Dela7.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100546. 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.

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.