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Lela, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Pawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74058. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lela quadrangle.

Lela within Pawnee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

14 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Lela between 2004 and 2019, burning about 256 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
29 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePawnee AgencyCOUTNY LINE
31 March 2013Debris and open burning135 acresPawnee AgencyLELA
24 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresPawnee AgencyGOODEAGLE
17 March 2018Debris and open burning57 acresPawnee AgencyLARIAT
11 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPawnee AgencySTONE ROAD
7 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresPawnee AgencyWHANNEL
7 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPawnee AgencyLELA
25 February 2007Equipment and vehicle use31 acresPawnee AgencyHOSTUTLER RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pawnee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Lela: 9 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Vanadium, Cobalt, Molybdenum, Lead. 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
Lela North-1Copper, Silver, Chromium, Molybdenum, Lead, Vanadium, Zirconium, CobaltPast Producer1936
Lela North-3Copper, Silver, Lead, Vanadium, Zirconium, Chromium, Cobalt, Molybdenum, NickelPast Producer1935
Morrison North-2Copper, Silver, Chromium, Vanadium, Cobalt, Molybdenum, LeadOccurrence1936
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oak Creek-2Copper, SilverOccurrence1972
Lela North-4CopperOccurrence1956
Lela South-1CopperOccurrence1975
Lela Southeast-1CopperOccurrence1975
Lela West-1CopperOccurrence1975

Every working recorded in Pawnee 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
Rambo3.9 miles11
Pawnee6.5 miles11
Watchorn8.0 miles11
Lone Chimney9.1 miles11
Masham9.7 miles11
Cody11.4 miles12
Esau Junction11.9 miles12
Skedee12.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100571. 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.