Oberlin, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the East Bryan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74727. It stands on Whitegrass Creek. The Survey maps it on the Direct quadrangle.

Oberlin within Bryan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
1948 USGS Direct quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Direct quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Direct quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Oberlin between 2006 and 2018, burning about 198 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Arson/incendiarism	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 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	13018
19 September 2018	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	RIVERBY RANCH
4 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE--DIRECT
24 July 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CRAWFORD BOTTOMS DIRECT
23 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Talihina Agency	WHITEGRASS
16 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	RIVERBY
10 March 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
25 December 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bryan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oberlin: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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	Clay	Unknown

Every working recorded in Bryan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Weeks	1.0 miles	12
Lake West	2.4 miles	12
Smith-Lee	9.2 miles	6
Wade	11.9 miles	6
Bennington	13.4 miles	14
Old Bennington	15.1 miles	14
Albany	16.5 miles	7
Romia	17.0 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1101567. 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.