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Natura, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Okmulgee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74421. The Survey maps it on the Okmulgee North quadrangle. It stands 715 feet above sea level.

Natura within Okmulgee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Natura between 1997 and 2017, burning about 8,603 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 August 2016Debris and open burning140 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSPANISH PEAKS
14 July 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeFIRST TIME
4 April 2005Arson/incendiarism180 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30429
14 April 2011Debris and open burning80 acresOkmulgee Field Office16 NORTH
9 March 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeFLATROCK CREEK
8 March 2009Equipment and vehicle use40 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeNATURA
28 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined700 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBRISTOW RD
28 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined860 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySPANISH PEAKS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Natura: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Natura in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
May 1997Thunderstorm WindNatura$10,000no account filed
November 2022Thunderstorm WindNatura$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a barn.
June 2015Flash FloodNatura-Several rural roads were flooded across northern Okmulgee County.
August 1999HailNatura-Location: on OK Hwy 16 along the Okmulgee/Muskogee County line
August 1999Thunderstorm WindNatura-Location: on OK Hwy 16 along the Okmulgee/Muskogee County line
May 2000HailNatura-no account filed
June 1996HailNatura-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okmulgee 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
Preston3.6 miles14
Winchester4.4 miles15
Bald Hill5.2 miles15
Laden6.1 miles11
Hectorville7.1 miles15
Beggs7.1 miles11
Okmulgee8.2 miles14
Pumpkin Center9.0 miles15

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 NaturaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q107103961The 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 1100661. 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.