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Mason, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Okemah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74859. The Survey maps it on the Mason quadrangle.

Mason within Okfuskee 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.

Fires near this place

83 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Mason between 2005 and 2020, burning about 7,319 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeMORSE CEMETERY
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.2 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHICKS
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.6 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHAYBALER
6 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePOWERLINE
29 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use650 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHARJOCHE
22 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use18 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSTUMPY
8 April 2011Arson/incendiarism35 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeTWO HEADS
8 April 2011Arson/incendiarism98 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeMASON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okfuskee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mason: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okfuskee County

Storms near this place

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mason in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 15 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMason$40,000no account filed
May 2017HailMason$25,000no account filed
September 2023HailMason$20,000Golf ball size hail damage homes and vehicles.
March 2026Tornado (EF0)Mason$10,000Storm chaser video and a debris signature from KINX WSR-88D indicated this tornado began west of Highway 48, about 6 miles north-northwest of Castle. The tornado crossed Highway 48, where it damaged the roof of two mobile homes and snapped tree limbs along the E980 Road before dissipating. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 70 to 75 mph.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindMason$2,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew sheet metal off the roof of a barn.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMason$100no account filed
May 2022FloodMason-Portions of Mason Road east of Highway 48 were washed out. Monetary damage from this flood was unknown.
May 2017Tornado (EFU)Mason-Storm chasers observed a tornado over open country. An NWS storm survey team found no damage associated with the tornado, mainly due to the fact it remained over terrain that was inaccessible by road. An unmanned aircraft system (UAS) piloted by researchers from the Oklahoma State University flew the suspected area where the tornado occurred but data obtained were inconclusive.
July 2007Flash FloodMason-Heavy rain caused Walnut Creek to rise out of its banks and to flood a nearby road.
June 2018HailMason-no account filed
April 2011HailMason-no account filed
May 2008HailMason-no account filed
May 2006HailMason-no account filed
April 2004HailMason-no account filed
August 2001HailMason-no account filed
March 2000HailMason-no account filed
April 2000HailMason-no account filed
October 2000HailMason-no account filed
June 1998HailMason-no account filed
June 1997Tornado (F0)Mason-no account filed
June 1997HailMason-no account filed
February 1995HailMason-no account filed
July 1995HailMason-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okfuskee 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
IXL3.6 miles11
Morse4.2 miles11
Welty4.9 miles11
Last Chance5.1 miles11
Haydenville5.1 miles11
Castle6.5 miles13
Chilesville6.7 miles11
Oriental6.9 miles11

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 MasonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6783516The 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 1095168. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.