BlockLaverty, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Chickasha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73017. The Survey maps it on the Laverty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1949 USGS Cement quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cement quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Laverty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Laverty quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Laverty between 2001 and 2017, burning about 355 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Anadarko Agency | TURN PIKE RD. |
| 8 July 2005 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | GUOLADDLE |
| 4 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Anadarko Agency | BIDDEL |
| 9 April 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 acres | Anadarko Agency | CITATION |
| 17 February 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | TEPTAHKY |
| 12 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Chickasaw Agency | MOCKINGBIRD |
| 19 January 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Chickasaw Agency | LUCKY |
| 11 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | 72 acres | Anadarko Agency | ROLLIN RACCOON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Laverty: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laverty in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 4 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Laverty | 4 hurt, $75,000 | Tornado A6 (Grady County portion). See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laverty | $8,000 | A roof was partially removed from a mobile home. The location was approximately 1.5 miles south of Highway 277 on Lake Burtchi Road. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Laverty | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Laverty | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Laverty | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Q122565249 | The 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 1100567. 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.