Moreville, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Afton-Fairland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74343. It stands on Ogeechee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Miami SE quadrangle.

Moreville within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1907 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Miami SE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Moreville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,095 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning	18
Natural	14
Arson/incendiarism	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2

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
30 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.8 acres	Miami Agency	650 RD.
26 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
16 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
11 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	30 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
1 August 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Miami Agency	PLAYHOUSE
30 July 2012	Natural	72 acres	Miami Agency	KLIME
8 April 2011	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30271
5 April 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Moreville: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead. 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	Recorded
Dobson Tract	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	1925, 1940
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ottawa 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
Ogeechee	2.0 miles	16
Wyandotte	3.6 miles	14
Fairland	3.8 miles	16
Ottawa	4.9 miles	16
Kellyville	5.3 miles	14
Oseuma	6.5 miles	13
Eastside	7.1 miles	14
Narcissa	7.2 miles	14

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.

Wikidata item Q122562053

The 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 1100645. 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.