BlockOak-Ta-Hah, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muskogee Southwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74450. The Survey maps it on the Wainwright quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1896 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Okmulgee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Wainwright quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Oak-Ta-Hah (historical) between 2006 and 2012, burning about 5,064 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HONEY SPRINGS |
| 15 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DUMP 2 |
| 18 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,250 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | DIRTY CREEK FIRE |
| 15 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30336 |
| 7 January 2006 | Natural | 3,110 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | WAINWRIGHT 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oktaha | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Wainwright | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Flusche | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Summit | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Beland | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Council Hill | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Crekola | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Boynton | 8.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2437849. 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.