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.
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.
Summerfield Schoollisted 1988 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Bokoshe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Bokoshe quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20227 |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20260 |
| 24 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20424 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2001Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Milton | $15,000 | A 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted several trees and snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Milton | - | Highway 31 was flooded at the Haskell / Le Flore County line. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Milton | - | This tornado damaged trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was 70 to 80 mph. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Milton | - | 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 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.








