Laden, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Okmulgee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74421. It stands on Flat Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beggs quadrangle.

Laden within Okmulgee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1901 USGS Nuyaka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Beggs quadrangle1:24000
1990 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Laden between 1997 and 2014, burning about 2,812 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 burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6

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
9 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	28 acres	Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge	OKMULGEE PHA
5 July 2006	Debris and open burning	88 acres	Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge	BERRY HILL
9 March 2008	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	FLATROCK CREEK
7 March 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Okmulgee Field Office	ROCKET SCIENCE
20 March 2008	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	BUCKY
20 March 2005	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge	FRANKLIN
12 March 2008	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	TRASH HEAT
10 March 2008	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	SUNRISE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee 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 Laden: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Beggs	2.1 miles	11
Preston	3.0 miles	14
Dentonville	5.2 miles	11
Winchester	5.6 miles	15
Natura	6.1 miles	14
Nuyaka	6.6 miles	11
Okmulgee	8.0 miles	14
Park Wheeler Corner	8.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1763726. 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.