Neal, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74840. The Survey maps it on the Earlsboro quadrangle.

Neal within Pottawatomie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1896 USGS Seminole and Prague quadrangle1:125000
1909 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Earlsboro quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

31 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Neal between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,291 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Debris and open burning	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3

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
8 September 2015	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.2 acres	Wewoka Agency	HOT TUB
18 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	84 acres	Wewoka Agency	BOOM TOWN
9 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	136 acres	Wewoka Agency	BENNETT
8 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Wewoka Agency	SAME SPOT
28 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	122 acres	Wewoka Agency	TURKEY CREEK
22 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	19 acres	Wewoka Agency	BULL SNAKE
2 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Kickapoo Field Office	HEADSET
11 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	4.4 acres	Wewoka Agency	WHITE FLATBED

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pottawatomie County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Neal: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pottawatomie 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
Earlsboro	4.6 miles	12
Econtuchka	5.0 miles	12
Johnson	5.7 miles	12
Garden Grove	6.0 miles	12
Shawnee Town (historical)	7.1 miles	15
Shawnee	7.2 miles	15
Harjo	8.5 miles	13
Bellemont	9.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100663. 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.