BlockMidway, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Meeker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74851. The Survey maps it on the McLoud quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1898 USGS Purcell quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS McLoud quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Mc Loud quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Oklahoma City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2005 and 2019, burning about 612 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | HUT |
| 6 July 2011 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | POP |
| 3 July 2011 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | 3 SPOT |
| 29 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | GOLDEN HIGH |
| 17 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | HAZEL |
| 1 July 2012 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kickapoo Field Office | KICKAPOO |
| 19 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | LAGOON 2 |
| 6 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | KICKAPOO CASINO 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2003: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Midway | - | Hail was reported near Memorial and County Line Road. |
| October 2001 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1095373. 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.
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.