Keokuk Falls, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74864. The Survey maps it on the Prague quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1896 USGS Seminole and Prague quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Prague quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Keokuk Falls between 1998 and 2020, burning about 963 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wewoka Agency | I 40 MILE 206 |
| 30 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wewoka Agency | HIGHSCHOOL |
| 19 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wewoka Agency | DIMINION |
| 18 July 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Wewoka Agency | ROADSIDE |
| 18 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.7 acres | Wewoka Agency | TIRE TOOL |
| 13 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wewoka Agency | S. HARJO |
| 10 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Wewoka Agency | WEEDEATER |
| 29 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wewoka Agency | COMMUNITY CENTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Keokuk Falls: 15 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paden Southwest | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1925, 1934 | |
| Ellis East | Copper | Occurrence | 1933 | |
| Ellis West | Copper | Past Producer | 1933 | |
| Two Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerview | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Garden Grove | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Econtuchka | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bellemont | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Neal | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Johnson | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Earlsboro | 13.0 miles | 12 | |
| Aydelotte | 14.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100553. 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.





