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Milo, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ardmore North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73458. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milo quadrangle.

Milo within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

13 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Milo between 2005 and 2011, burning about 3,625 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
9 August 2006Arson/incendiarism423 acresChickasaw AgencySNEED
31 July 2006Smoking9.5 acresChickasaw AgencyBURNSIDE
18 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.2 acresChickasaw AgencyHICKORY RD
12 April 2011Debris and open burning2,751 acresChickasaw AgencyBULLY FIRE
24 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined57 acresChickasaw AgencyVISTA
24 March 2005Natural60 acresChickasaw AgencyFRAZIER
22 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined258 acresChickasaw AgencyMILO CEMETARY
1 March 2008Debris and open burning25 acresChickasaw AgencyHAY BAIL 52

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Milo: 20 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milo in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 2015Flash FloodMilo$5,000,000Carter County EM reported at least approximately 225 homes with flooding damage (est. $20k per home). At least one of these had 6 feet of water. Numerous had 4 feet of water. 1 older building collapsed. 20-40 tinhorns washed out (est. $20k per tinhorn). 1 bridge out (est. $180K).
November 1998Thunderstorm WindMilo$4,000no account filed
May 2025HailMilo-The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2022HailMilo-no account filed
May 2021HailMilo-no account filed
March 2019HailMilo-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindMilo-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindMilo-no account filed
June 1997HailMilo-no account filed
June 1995HailMilo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Woodford2.9 miles15
Graham5.1 miles15
Old Scott5.7 miles15
Oil City5.8 miles15
Clemscott6.3 miles15
Newport6.5 miles15
Pooleville6.8 miles16
Glenn7.7 miles17

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 MiloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6860282The 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 1095425. 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.