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Neodesha, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wagoner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74467. The Survey maps it on the Neodesha quadrangle.

Neodesha within Wagoner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Neodesha between 2009 and 2012, burning about 690 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 January 2009Equipment and vehicle use690 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20075
17 January 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30035

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wagoner 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 Neodesha: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
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 Wagoner County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neodesha in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 3 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2019Tornado (EF1)Neodesha$20,000This tornado developed south of the E 700 Road and east of the N 4240 Road where trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado moved northeast damaging outbuildings, uprooting trees, and snapping power poles. It crossed Highway 69 about a mile south of the Mayes County line, and turned east-northeast before dissipating south of the W 650 Road and east of the N 4360 Road. The tornado was observed by multiple people. Based on the damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNeodesha$2,000Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down across the 4200 Road just south of Highway 412.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Neodesha-A tornado snapped or uprooted a number of large trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 105 mph.
April 1999HailNeodesha-Location: Rogers/Wagoner County line
April 1999Tornado (F0)Neodesha-Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown 3.2 miles NNW of Rocky Point in extreme northern Rogers County.
May 2011HailNeodesha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wagoner 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
Leliaetta4.0 miles16
Rocky Point5.8 miles16
Wagoner6.9 miles18
Toppers8.4 miles18
Whitehorn Cove8.8 miles16
Yonkers9.2 miles16
Taylor Ferry10.8 miles18
New Tulsa12.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100670. 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.