Lige, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Snyder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73566. It stands on East Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Long Mountain quadrangle.

Lige within Kiowa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 9 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.

1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1964 USGS Long Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Altus quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Lige between 2001 and 2019, burning about 344 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	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
12 September 2015	Debris and open burning	9.0 acres	Anadarko Agency	WELL FIRE
16 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	325 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	FAIR LAWN
10 July 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Anadarko Agency	DAVE
15 January 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Anadarko Agency	MOUNTAIN PARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kiowa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lige: 11 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Hallett Prospect	Copper	Past Producer	1904
Otter Creek Placer	Titanium, Metal	Occurrence	Ilmenite
Otter Creek Valley Deposit	Titanium, Niobium (Columbium)	Prospect	1952
Southwest Sand Co Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Southwest Sand Co Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Sienna Pink Granite Quarry	Granite	Producer

Every working recorded in Kiowa 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Snyder	3.5 miles	12
Mountain Park	4.5 miles	12
Svoboda	4.9 miles	12
Centerville	6.5 miles	9
Odetta	9.3 miles	13
Cold Springs	9.5 miles	8
Roosevelt	13.1 miles	8
Cooperton	16.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100580. 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.