Muse, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Talihina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74949. It stands on Billy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Muse quadrangle. It stands 745 feet above sea level.
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 Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Muse quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Muse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,300 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 62 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20224 |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | PISTOLS FIRING |
| 28 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Talihina Agency | not named |
| 26 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | FISH LAKE |
| 21 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | RANGER |
| 2 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Ouachita National Forest | LENOX LOOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muse in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 19 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Hail | Muse | $50,000 | Hail as large as baseballs caused widespread roof and window damage near Muse. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Muse | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muse | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines along Highway 63 between Muse and Talihina. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muse | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muse | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Muse | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the afternoon of April 30th. Strong thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs 2 miles northwest of Page. Baseball size hail fell 1 mile northeast of Talihina, and golfball size hail broke out a windshield 2 miles northwest of Bengal. Golfball size hail also fell at Muse and at Robbers Cave State Park 4 miles northwest of Wilburton, and half dollar size hail fell at Le Flore. Dime to nickel size hail fell at several other locations in southeast Oklahoma. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Muse | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Muse | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Muse | - | 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.
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 Muse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6940420 | 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 1101555. 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.
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.








