BlockLittle Axe, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73026. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Little Axe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1898 USGS Purcell quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS McComb quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Little Axe quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Oklahoma City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Little Axe between 2012 and 2018, burning about 8,962 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,954 acres | Southern Plains Regional Office | NOBLE |
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Southern Plains Regional Office | STOMP GROUNDS |
| 22 October 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | TAR POLE |
| 26 January 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Plains Regional Office | STOLEN CAR |
| 16 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | FOAM PLATE |
| 16 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | LA SONIC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569885 | 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 1100587. 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.