BlockOak Ridge, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pawhuska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74056. The Survey maps it on the Bowring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1909 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Bowring quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Oak Ridge between 2002 and 2016, burning about 15,044 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Osage Agency | WAH-SHA-SHE |
| 1 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Osage Agency | GUSHER |
| 26 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Osage Agency | JOHN DEERE |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Osage Agency | HICKEY |
| 19 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Osage Agency | LONE RANGER |
| 29 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3,035 acres | Osage Agency | HULAH |
| 28 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 8,000 acres | Osage Agency | HULAH2 |
| 25 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Osage Agency | DAGGER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowring | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Whippoorwill | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hickory Hill | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hulah | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Herd | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bigheart | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Boulanger Landing | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Boulangerville | 6.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1096121. 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.