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Keys, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74451. The Survey maps it on the Park Hill quadrangle. 1,030 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Keys within Cherokee County

Population over time

2 figures

Keys grew from 565 to 1,030 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010565
20201,030+465 (+82%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

507 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 507 fires within 5 miles of Keys between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,871 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 246 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/incendiarism246
Missing data/not specified/undetermined119
Debris and open burning80
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.6 acresCherokee Nation TribeRABBIT
28 September 2000Debris and open burning24 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Keys: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkhola Sand & Gravel Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkhola Sand & Gravel Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Pettit2.3 miles18
Carters Landing3.4 miles18
Pettit Bay3.4 miles18
Wildcat Point3.5 miles18
Park Hill4.4 miles18
Tsa La Gi Indian Village4.7 miles18
Metory4.7 miles20
Etta4.7 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on KeysAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3313557The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1094355. 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.