Newport, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ardmore North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73443. The Survey maps it on the Milo quadrangle.

Newport within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1901 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1918 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:125000
1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Milo quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Photographs

5 photographs, 1937

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Home of tenant farmer near Newport, Oklahoma
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress

Home of white tenant farmer family. Newport, Oklahoma
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress

Worn-out land and abandoned cabins near Newport, Oklahoma
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Newport between 1996 and 2008, burning about 632 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Smoking	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
9 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	423 acres	Chickasaw Agency	SNEED
6 August 2006	Power generation/transmission/distribution	10 acres	Chickasaw Agency	DEESE
31 July 2006	Smoking	9.5 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BURNSIDE
30 July 2006	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Chickasaw Agency	MEMORIAL RD.
28 July 2006	Power generation/transmission/distribution	17 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BLUE RIBBON
18 July 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	2.2 acres	Chickasaw Agency	HICKORY RD
17 July 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	HOGPEN
12 July 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	KENWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Newport: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Lone Grove	5.4 miles	16
Woodford	5.9 miles	15
Glenn	6.1 miles	17
Milo	6.5 miles	15
Rexroat	7.3 miles	15
Oil City	7.8 miles	15
Springer	8.2 miles	17
Dillard	8.2 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1095863. 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.