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Myers, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pawhuska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74056. The Survey maps it on the Pearsonia quadrangle.

Myers within Osage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

40 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Myers between 2001 and 2020, burning about 9,752 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
13 September 2013Debris and open burning58 acresOsage AgencyMATTINGLY
15 June 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOsage AgencyOKRA
2 April 2014Equipment and vehicle use471 acresOsage AgencyMEYERS DOME
16 April 2018Debris and open burning1,644 acresOsage AgencyMASHUNKASHEY
6 March 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOsage AgencyCURREY
6 March 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOsage AgencyT-BONE
29 March 2013Arson/incendiarism52 acresOsage AgencyMASH
29 March 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution95 acresOsage AgencyCC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage 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
Pearsonia4.3 miles12
Opah5.7 miles13
Pawhuska6.8 miles14
Blackland7.1 miles12
Nanos7.6 miles13
Strohm11.2 miles13
Kiheki11.3 miles14
Bigheart11.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100656. 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.