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Kiowa and Commanche Agency, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lawton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73507. It lies near Rock Island Depot. The Survey maps it on the Lawton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kiowa and Commanche Agency within Comanche County

On record in Kiowa and Commanche Agency

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

45 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Kiowa and Commanche Agency (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 848 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning14
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAnadarko AgencySE-BISHOP
2 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyRAILROAD & BISHOP
12 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAnadarko AgencySE-BISHOP-3
30 August 2009Debris and open burning60 acresAnadarko AgencyHIGHLAND
24 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyMULLEN
22 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAnadarko AgencyBART
21 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAnadarko AgencyHIGHLAND
5 July 2012Fireworks1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyKOOMBZ RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comanche 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 Kiowa and Commanche Agency (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Dolomite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Limestone PitDolomite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wolf Creek-1CopperOccurrence1936

Every working recorded in Comanche 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
Sneed Acres1.0 miles16
Lawton1.0 miles13
Artillery Village1.5 miles16
Corral Crossing3.1 miles16
Grenade Crossing3.3 miles16
Chatto Crossing4.4 miles16
Peachtree Crossing4.5 miles16
Four Mile Crossing5.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2461010. 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.