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Lequire, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the McCurtain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74944. It stands on Andrew Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lequire quadrangle. 127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.

Lequire within Haskell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Lequire between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,844 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning21
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2010Debris and open burning3.2 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20225
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2013Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20420
10 September 2002Debris and open burning9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryAIRPORT
6 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 August 2006Naturalunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20431

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haskell County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lequire in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 14 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2011Thunderstorm WindLequire$75,000A single family home was damaged by thunderstorm winds. Several outbuildings and trailers were also severely damaged by the wind.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindLequire$50,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down power poles and destroyed outbuildings and barns.
August 2013HailLequire$10,000no account filed
October 1993Thunderstorm WindLequire$5,000An isolated severe thunderstorm during the early morning hours of the 2nd produced strong winds which blew siding off the side of a house 1.5 miles east of Lequire.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Lequire$1,000An F1 tornado that started in Latimer County 2 miles south of Panola eventually moved across the Hasell-Latimer County line, downing numerous trees 2 miles south of Lequire in extreme southern Haskell County before this tornado lifted.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindLequire-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindLequire-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
August 2009Flash FloodLequire-Several rural roads were flooded.
October 2009Flash FloodLequire-Numerous roads were flooded in and around Lequire as well as across the rural areas of southeast Haskell County.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindLequire-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph.
March 2008Flash FloodLequire-Heavy rain caused several secondary roads in the southeast part of Haskell County to be closed due to high water.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLequire-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs.
November 2001Thunderstorm WindLequire-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
January 2018HailLequire-no account filed
April 2014HailLequire-no account filed
April 2008HailLequire-no account filed
March 2008HailLequire-no account filed
March 2007HailLequire-no account filed
March 2006HailLequire-no account filed
April 2004HailLequire-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLequire-no account filed
May 2003HailLequire-no account filed
May 2001HailLequire-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindLequire-no account filed
January 1999HailLequire-no account filed
April 1996HailLequire-no account filed
April 1996HailLequire-no account filed
April 1995HailLequire-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Haskell 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
Sans Bois3.1 miles13
Lafayette4.8 miles14
Panther6.1 miles15
Kinta7.0 miles15
McCurtain7.9 miles15
Lewisville9.0 miles17
Stigler10.3 miles14
Hughart12.1 miles15

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 LequireAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6528726The 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 1094586. 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.