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Ogeechee, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Afton-Fairland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74343. It stands on Ogeechee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Miami SE quadrangle.

Ogeechee within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Ogeechee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 565 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 burning10
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
26 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 1999Arson/incendiarism30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30271
5 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ogeechee: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead. 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
Dobson TractZinc, LeadPast Producer1925, 1940
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ottawa County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ogeechee in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOgeechee$75,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, some of which fell onto homes.
May 2024HailOgeechee-no account filed
April 2015HailOgeechee-no account filed
September 2012HailOgeechee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ottawa 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
Fairland1.9 miles16
Moreville2.0 miles16
Oseuma4.6 miles13
Wyandotte5.2 miles14
Kellyville6.2 miles14
Narcissa6.5 miles14
Ottawa6.6 miles16
Dotyville8.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100686. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.