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Norwood, Oklahoma

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hulbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74441. It lies near Cedar Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fort Gibson Dam quadrangle. 1,679 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 899 feet above sea level.

Norwood within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Norwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,360 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 68 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/incendiarism68
Debris and open burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresCherokee Nation TribeBAYOU GRAVES
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresCherokee Nation TribeCORPS LINE
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2000Natural11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism19 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Norwood: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Hulbert4.4 miles20
Manard4.7 miles20
Thompson Corner5.2 miles20
Woodall5.6 miles20
Shady Grove6.2 miles20
Gabriel6.5 miles20
Zeb6.7 miles20
Metory6.9 miles20

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.

Wikipedia article on NorwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108293099The 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 2805334. 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.