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McKey, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Sallisaw North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74962. The Survey maps it on the Vian quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 525 feet above sea level.

McKey within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of McKey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,708 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 56 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Arson/incendiarism56
Debris and open burning49
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1998Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30555
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30463
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah 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 McKey: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah 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
Pinhook Corner3.7 miles20
Harrison4.4 miles15
Vian4.6 miles16
Dwight Mission4.8 miles17
Sallisaw5.4 miles15
Sadie6.7 miles15
Marble City7.5 miles17
Carlisle7.6 miles20

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 McKeyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1019033The 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 1100617. 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.