Nellie, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Duncan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73533. The Survey maps it on the Nellie quadrangle.

Nellie within Stephens 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.

1949 USGS Nellie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Nellie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Nellie quadrangle1:62500
1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Nellie quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

15 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Nellie between 2008 and 2019, burning about 792 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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	8
Debris and open burning	5
Fireworks	1
Natural	1

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
3 August 2016	Debris and open burning	130 acres	Anadarko Agency	BEAVER VIEW RD
12 August 2016	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Anadarko Agency	BETHEL
6 July 2013	Fireworks	2.0 acres	Anadarko Agency	BIG BEAVER CREEK
3 July 2019	Natural	under an acre	Anadarko Agency	BEAVER CREEK
28 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	59 acres	Anadarko Agency	COOMBS ROAD
21 July 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	21 acres	Anadarko Agency	TEN FIRE
31 March 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Anadarko Agency	DEERSKIN FIRE
29 March 2014	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Anadarko Agency	PATIO FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Central High

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Nellie: 6 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 Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Stephens 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
Central High	3.5 miles	12
Oil City	4.7 miles	12
Denton	6.0 miles	12
Marlow	9.0 miles	16
Gas City	9.2 miles	10
Duncan	10.3 miles	16
Dixie Park	11.2 miles	15
Empire City	12.1 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100668. 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.