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New Lima, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wewoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74884. The Survey maps it on the Wewoka West quadrangle.

New Lima within Seminole County

On record in New Lima

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

109 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of New Lima between 1998 and 2020, burning about 10,176 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWewoka AgencyNARCOMY
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresWewoka AgencyBROTHER
27 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresWewoka AgencyPEPSI
18 September 2015Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresWewoka AgencyVAN FIRE
15 September 2017Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresWewoka AgencyHARJOCHEE
14 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWewoka AgencyWEWOKA FIRE
12 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.8 acresWewoka AgencyNOONER
12 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined250 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryPALMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of New Lima: 22 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Commercial Brick Co Shale PitClayProducer
United Clay Pipe Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Wewoka Brick & Tile Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
Wewoka Brick & Tile Co Clay PitClayPast Producer
H and W PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Lima0.4 miles9
Indogco1.4 miles9
Dixon3.8 miles9
Nobletown4.0 miles9
Bowlegs4.5 miles11
Wewoka5.3 miles12
Seminole5.5 miles11
Wolf6.8 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595193The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1095829. 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.