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Negro Bend, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Central Atoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74525. It lies near Cat Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lane quadrangle.

Negro Bend within Atoka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Negro Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32,957 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 86 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/incendiarism86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural10
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
7 September 2017Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10473
3 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
17 September 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 September 2013Arson/incendiarism20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2006Natural9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10474

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atoka 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 Negro Bend: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Atoka 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
Payton Crossing3.3 miles17
Lane3.4 miles17
Half Bank Crossing4.2 miles16
Farris5.7 miles17
Old Farris6.5 miles15
Crystal6.8 miles15
Bruno7.5 miles16
Fugate9.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100666. 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.