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Milton, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Panama-Bokoshe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74944. The Survey maps it on the Bokoshe quadrangle.

Milton within Le Flore County

On record in Milton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Milton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,925 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 76 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/incendiarism76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Debris and open burning19
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20227
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2002Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20260
24 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20424

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore 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 Milton: 3 past producers. None of them 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milton in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Tornado (EF1)Milton$15,000A brief tornado uprooted trees, snapped large tree limbs, and damaged a barn. Based on this damage, estimated maximum wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMilton-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted several trees and snapped large tree limbs.
May 2015Flash FloodMilton-Highway 31 was flooded at the Haskell / Le Flore County line.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Milton-This tornado damaged trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was 70 to 80 mph.
April 2004HailMilton-no account filed
October 2001HailMilton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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
Bordeaux3.3 miles17
Latham4.1 miles17
Dog Creek4.2 miles17
Bokoshe4.5 miles16
Calhoun7.4 miles16
Bedwell7.8 miles14
Walls8.9 miles15
Ward9.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100639. 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.