Lawrence Creek, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Keystone Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74044. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Olive quadrangle.

Lawrence Creek within Creek County

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.

1912 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000
1915 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Olive quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

16 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Lawrence Creek between 2005 and 2020, burning about 18,208 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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	9
Natural	3
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
16 August 2006	Natural	25 acres	Pawnee Agency	48TH & 61ST
15 August 2006	Natural	2.0 acres	Pawnee Agency	LAWRENCE CREEK
3 April 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3,900 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	FREEDOM HILLS
24 April 2006	Natural	5.4 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	FREEDOM
7 March 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	SILVER BLOWERS
6 March 2018	Power generation/transmission/distribution	8,793 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	LOWE
23 March 2015	Debris and open burning	1,400 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	GREENWOOD
1 March 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	334 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	81ST (POWERLINE)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek 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 Lawrence Creek: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Creek 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
Silver City	3.7 miles	13
New Mannford	4.4 miles	13
Olive	4.9 miles	13
Mannford	5.0 miles	14
Oilton	8.4 miles	12
Player	9.5 miles	12
Markham	9.8 miles	12
Frey	10.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1102943. 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.