Midway, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Haskell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74436. The Survey maps it on the Haskell quadrangle.

Midway within Muskogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1896 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000
1900 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Haskell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,275 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/incendiarism	4
Debris and open burning	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1

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
22 August 2012	Debris and open burning	18 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	HURTADO
7 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2,100 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	TWIN HILLS
24 March 2000	Arson/incendiarism	100 acres	Cherokee Nation Tribe	BUNCH ROAD
22 March 2000	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Cherokee Nation Tribe	CAVESRINGS
9 February 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Okmulgee Field Office	TIN SHED
28 February 2006	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Cherokee Nation Tribe	STATE 221
25 November 2008	Arson/incendiarism	18 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	GARFIELD
16 November 2008	Debris and open burning	3.7 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	LITTLE HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Haskell

Every fire recorded in Muskogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Sapphire Stone Co Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Sapphire Stone Co Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Jamesville	5.7 miles	15
Haskell	6.0 miles	15
Yahola	7.5 miles	14
Boynton	8.8 miles	15
Taft	10.7 miles	14
Beland	12.1 miles	14
Flusche	12.8 miles	14
Wainwright	13.8 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100635. 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.