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Kiamichi, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Pushmataha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74574. It stands on Bryant Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kiamichi quadrangle.

Kiamichi within Pushmataha County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

595 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 595 fires within 5 miles of Kiamichi between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28,622 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 375 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/incendiarism375
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Debris and open burning78
Equipment and vehicle use30
Natural10
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10406
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10546
26 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10360
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism35 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2013Debris and open burning9.0 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kiamichi: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Albion CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pushmataha County

Storms near this place

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kiamichi in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 hail. 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 2022HailKiamichi-no account filed
May 2000HailKiamichi-no account filed
April 1998HailKiamichi-no account filed
April 1996HailKiamichi-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
Albion4.6 miles15
Tuskahoma5.3 miles14
Clayton9.7 miles14
Fewell10.5 miles14
Nashoba10.8 miles16
Nolia11.1 miles16
Nashoba Y11.8 miles15
Sardis12.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100554. 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.