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Nowhere, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fort Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73038. It stands on Punjo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Cobb Dam quadrangle. It stands 1,345 feet above sea level.

Nowhere within Caddo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

79 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Nowhere between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,357 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAnadarko AgencyTONKOWA
5 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAnadarko AgencyETHEL FIRE
7 August 2012Natural10 acresAnadarko AgencyBRUSHY KNOB
7 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresAnadarko AgencyCOBBCREEK
5 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyFAST RUNNER 1
31 August 2020Natural1.8 acresAnadarko AgencyTHOR BOLT
27 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAnadarko AgencySWEET STEM
2 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyYEAHQUO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caddo 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 Nowhere: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Caddo 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
Fort Cobb4.3 miles13
Albert5.3 miles12
Swan Lake6.5 miles8
Washita6.6 miles13
Apache Wye9.2 miles13
Three-Way Corner9.2 miles10
Carnegie9.4 miles8
Squaretop9.4 miles13

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 NowhereAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7066655The 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 1718738. 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.