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Niles, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Walnut census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73047. The Survey maps it on the Hinton quadrangle.

Niles within Canadian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Niles between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4,656 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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 July 2006Arson/incendiarism53 acresAnadarko AgencyWHITEBEAD
30 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresConcho Field OfficeCEDAR LAKE 3
19 July 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresAnadarko AgencyWHITEBEAD-2
15 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined710 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryRENO RD. FIRE
6 March 2010Debris and open burning67 acresAnadarko AgencyMAYBERRY RFD
3 March 2006Equipment and vehicle use160 acresAnadarko AgencyHWY. 37
14 March 2006Firearms and explosives use3,000 acresConcho Field OfficeSTRONG
9 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresAnadarko AgencyWOLF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canadian County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Niles: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Canadian County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Niles in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2008: 16 hail. 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
November 2006HailNiles-One inch diameter hail (quarter size) was reported near Niles by a storm chaser working with KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City.
April 2003HailNiles-Hail was reported covering ground.
January 2008HailNiles-no account filed
July 2007HailNiles-no account filed
July 2007HailNiles-no account filed
July 2007HailNiles-no account filed
October 2007HailNiles-no account filed
May 2003HailNiles-no account filed
June 2003HailNiles-no account filed
May 2002HailNiles-no account filed
April 1999HailNiles-no account filed
April 1999HailNiles-no account filed
March 1999HailNiles-no account filed
June 1998HailNiles-no account filed
June 1995HailNiles-no account filed
March 1994HailNiles-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Canadian 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
Cedar Lake3.5 miles9
Scott4.1 miles9
Karns13.2 miles14
Calumet13.6 miles15
Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency (historical)15.7 miles15
Powers16.1 miles14
Union City16.9 miles14
El Reno17.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100674. 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.