BlockMidway, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Paden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74860. The Survey maps it on the Paden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1929 USGS Stroud quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Stroud quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Paden quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 2006 and 2020, burning about 22,391 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DUMP |
| 16 July 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BAILEY |
| 9 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 170 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | TWILGHT ZONE |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | CHAPEL |
| 1 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 63 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | OIL FIELD |
| 5 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 893 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HILL 22 |
| 5 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,000 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DEEP FORK |
| 2 March 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 37 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | ROUGHNECK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Midway: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 1100634. 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.