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Neff, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Poteau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74953. It stands on Polk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Poteau East quadrangle.

Neff within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Neff between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,027 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined16
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
8 September 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20470
30 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20397
13 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20157
7 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neff in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2020: 4 flood, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
June 2019Flash FloodNeff1 killedPortions of several county roads were flooded. A motorist drove into flood water on Gilmore Road east of Poteau and was drowned.
April 2017Tornado (EF2)Neff$150,000A tornado developed southwest of Cameron and moved generally north. It destroyed mobile homes, damaged homes, destroyed outbuildings, snapped numerous trees and power poles, uprooted numerous trees, and rolled several vehicles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 110 to 120 mph.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Neff$5,000This tornado damaged the roof of a home, uprooted several trees, and snapped a number of large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
September 2020FloodNeff-The Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 8:00 am CDT September 1st. The river crested at 28.34 feet at 9:00 pm CDT on the 1st, resulting in moderate flooding. Croplands and county roads were inundated by flood water. The river fell below flood stage at 1:45 pm CDT on the 2nd.
May 2015FloodNeff-The Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 9:15 am CDT on May 20th. The river crested at 25.91 feet at 4:45 pm CDT on the 20th, resulting in moderate flooding. Farm roads and croplands were inundated by flood water. The river fell below flood stage at 1:30 am CDT on the 21st.
May 2015FloodNeff-The Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 6:15 am CDT on May 10th. The river crested at 28.55 feet at 1:00 pm CDT on the 11th, resulting in moderate flooding. Croplands and county roads were inundated by flood water. The river fell below flood stage at 9:45 am CDT on the 12th.
June 2013FloodNeff-The Poteau River near Poteau rose above its flood stage of 24 feet at 3 pm CDT on June 1st. The river crested at 26.10 feet at 9 pm on the 1st, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 5 am on the 2nd.

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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
Poteau2.1 miles16
Witteville3.3 miles16
Gilmore3.9 miles16
Sorrels4.2 miles16
Cameron5.2 miles14
Shady Point5.3 miles14
Smacker5.6 miles16
Tahona6.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100119. 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.