Lukfata, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Broken Bow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74728. The Survey maps it on the Shults quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lukfata within McCurtain 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.

1950 USGS Shults quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Shults quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

680 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 680 fires within 5 miles of Lukfata (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,051 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 397 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	397
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	166
Debris and open burning	62
Equipment and vehicle use	26
Natural	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3

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 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Talihina Agency	NICHOLS
9 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Talihina Agency	0444
8 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Talihina Agency	0441
8 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Talihina Agency	0440
8 September 1995	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Talihina Agency	0443
7 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	109 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
7 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
7 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Little River National Wildlife Refuge	404 DITCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lukfata (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Anderson Dunham Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
B & B Sand & Gravel Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain 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
Hill Chapel	4.3 miles	11
Tiner	4.5 miles	17
Redland	4.9 miles	11
Broken Bow	5.1 miles	17
Eagletown	6.1 miles	16
Crossroads	6.6 miles	12
Goodwater	7.0 miles	10
Shults	7.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2460971. 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.