New Prue, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Southeast Osage census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74060. The Survey maps it on the New Prue quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1912 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1915 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS New Prue quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of New Prue between 1999 and 2020, burning about 37,413 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Osage Agency | BULLBEAR |
| 2 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | CAMRY |
| 13 September 2012 | Natural | 48 acres | Osage Agency | WILD HORSE |
| 3 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 134 acres | Osage Agency | MAYDAY |
| 19 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Osage Agency | HIGHWAY99 |
| 23 July 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | ROCK CREEK |
| 11 July 2012 | Fireworks | 110 acres | Osage Agency | TRICKLE |
| 9 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 38 acres | Osage Agency | PULARE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Prue in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 1997: 8 hail, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Hail | New Prue | - | Severe thunderstorms in Osage County produced dime size hail at several locations in the eastern part of the county. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | New Prue | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prue | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Osage | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Morgans Corner | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Village | 12.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hominy | 12.9 miles | 14 | |
| Skiatook | 16.3 miles | 14 | |
| Avant | 19.7 miles | 14 | |
| Nichols | 19.7 miles | 13 |
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 Q122564914 | 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 1095836. 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.
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.






