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Mallard Bay, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wagoner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74434. The Survey maps it on the Northeast Muskogee quadrangle. 280 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Mallard Bay within Wagoner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Mallard Bay between 1992 and 2019, burning about 942 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresCherokee Nation TribeCORPS LINE
31 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
20 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30443
18 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30377
18 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 July 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 July 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30326

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wagoner County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mallard Bay: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkhola #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkhola Mine #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkhola Roberts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cherokee Co Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wagoner 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
Okay2.2 miles18
Gibson3.9 miles18
Taylor Ferry5.8 miles18
Anchor6.8 miles18
Toppers7.8 miles18
Wagoner8.4 miles18
Tullahassee8.6 miles18
Whitehorn Cove9.8 miles16

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 Mallard BayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18351925The 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 1095099. 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.