BlockLenox, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Talihina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74949. It stands on Briar Branch. The Survey maps it on the Muse quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Muse quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
292 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Lenox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,718 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 116 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 98 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20485 |
| 30 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20486 |
| 30 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BOHANNAN |
| 3 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20224 |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20380 |
| 28 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Talihina Agency | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenox in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees on Highway 63 between Muse and Whitesboro. |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lenox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16736205 | 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 1101500. 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.
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.