BlockNorth McAlester, Oklahoma
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McAlester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. The Survey maps it on the McAlester quadrangle. It stands 682 feet above sea level.
On record in North McAlester
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
McAlester Houselisted 1980 · 0.0 miles away
McAlester Armorylisted 1988 · 0.9 miles away- Jeff Lee Park Bath House and Poollisted 1988 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1898 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
72 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of North McAlester between 1996 and 2019, burning about 6,987 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 40 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 | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | LOVE |
| 5 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Talihina Agency | BREWER FIRE |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Talihina Agency | MITCHELL FIRE |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | 60 acres | Talihina Agency | BURNT CHAIR |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | 15 acres | Talihina Agency | BOAT RAMP |
| 17 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Talihina Agency | W KING |
| 4 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20078 |
| 1 July 2011 | Natural | 40 acres | Talihina Agency | EC 42011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of North McAlester: 2 past producers. None of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand 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 Q100154017 | 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 1095978. 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.