Lawtonka Acres, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Northwest Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73507. It stands on Canyon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meers quadrangle. 187 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,365 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1950 USGS Saddle Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Meers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Saddle Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Meers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Lawtonka Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,549 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | KETCH |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | FTSILL9/7 |
| 7 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | BURNT TRUC |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | 137 acres | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | JED STRIKE |
| 6 September 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | PARALLEL FOREST |
| 5 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | ARSON1 |
| 27 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Anadarko Agency | RHOADES RD. |
| 21 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Anadarko Agency | CHIBITTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lawtonka Acres: 14 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Copper, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardin Prospect-1 | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1902, 1903, 1909 | |
| Lake Lawtonka Placer | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Ilmenite | |
| Three Boys Claim | Copper, Nickel | Past Producer | 1902, 1903 | |
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Buckhorn Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | 1903, 1904 | |
| Hardin Prospect-2 | Copper | Past Producer | 1902, 1904 | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meers | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Medicine Park | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| The Holy City | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Duhringe Pass | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Cache Wye | 7.0 miles | 24 | |
| Porter Hill | 7.7 miles | 11 | |
| Four Mile Crossing | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeside Village | 7.9 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lawtonka Acres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108293051 | 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 1102161. 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.





