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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.

Lawtonka Acres within Comanche 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.

Fires near this place

155 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony24
Natural22
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks7
Smoking2
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyKETCH
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,000 acresWichita Mountains National Wildlife RefugeFTSILL9/7
7 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWichita Mountains National Wildlife RefugeBURNT TRUC
6 September 2009Natural137 acresWichita Mountains National Wildlife RefugeJED STRIKE
6 September 2009Fireworksunder an acreWichita Mountains National Wildlife RefugePARALLEL FOREST
5 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWichita Mountains National Wildlife RefugeARSON1
27 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use28 acresAnadarko AgencyRHOADES RD.
21 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAnadarko AgencyCHIBITTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comanche County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hardin Prospect-1Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1902, 1903, 1909
Lake Lawtonka PlacerTitanium, MetalOccurrenceIlmenite
Three Boys ClaimCopper, NickelPast Producer1902, 1903
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Buckhorn ProspectCopperPast Producer1903, 1904
Hardin Prospect-2CopperPast Producer1902, 1904
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Comanche 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
Meers2.5 miles13
Medicine Park3.7 miles22
The Holy City4.0 miles22
Duhringe Pass4.0 miles16
Cache Wye7.0 miles24
Porter Hill7.7 miles11
Four Mile Crossing7.8 miles16
Lakeside Village7.9 miles11

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 AcresAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108293051The 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.