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Lamberson, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Wister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74966. It lies near Crusher Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Talihina quadrangle.

Lamberson within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

518 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 518 fires within 5 miles of Lamberson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,444 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 216 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/incendiarism216
Missing data/not specified/undetermined178
Debris and open burning67
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural9
Smoking8
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOuachita National ForestOLD MILITARY
4 September 2002Debris and open burning9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use12 acresOuachita National ForestWESLEY
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20471
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTalihina AgencyFIRE HOUSE
29 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20442
29 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20382
28 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTalihina AgencyCAR FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore 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 Lamberson: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore 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
Compton0.8 miles18
Talihina3.5 miles18
Leflore7.4 miles16
Whitesboro9.8 miles16
Summerfield10.6 miles15
Lenox12.1 miles16
Fanshawe12.1 miles16
Caston14.7 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q122563692The 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 1100564. 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.