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Lusta, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pryor Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74361. The Survey maps it on the Chouteau quadrangle.

Lusta within Mayes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Lusta between 1993 and 2020, burning about 927 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
22 September 2000Natural180 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryPRYOR CREEK
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarism30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40308
30 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined32 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 August 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30354
4 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30276
27 May 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30237
1 March 2020Arson/incendiarism401 acresCherokee Nation TribeCAMERA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mayes County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lusta: 8 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
No.2 Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oklahoma Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mayes 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
Sportsman Acres3.8 miles18
Chouteau3.9 miles18
Sportsmen Acres4.5 miles18
Pryor4.7 miles16
Paradise View7.0 miles18
Boatman8.2 miles15
Murphy8.2 miles16
Pin Oak Acres8.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100598. 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.