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.
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.
Rosenwald Halllisted 1984 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1896 USGS Seminole and Prague quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Wewoka West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
109 since 1998Regional 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 burning | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Wewoka Agency | NARCOMY |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Wewoka Agency | BROTHER |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wewoka Agency | PEPSI |
| 18 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.6 acres | Wewoka Agency | VAN FIRE |
| 15 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Wewoka Agency | HARJOCHEE |
| 14 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wewoka Agency | WEWOKA FIRE |
| 12 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.8 acres | Wewoka Agency | NOONER |
| 12 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | PALMER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Commercial Brick Co Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| United Clay Pipe Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wewoka Brick & Tile Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Wewoka Brick & Tile Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| H and W Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 Q122595193 | The 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.





