Oil Center, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Northwest Pontotoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74820. The Survey maps it on the Vanoss quadrangle.
On record in Oil Center
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Bebee Field Round Houselisted 1985 · 0.2 miles away
- Mijo Camp Industrial Districtlisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1901 USGS Stonewall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Vanoss quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Oil Center between 1996 and 2020, burning about 530 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.1 acres | Chickasaw Agency | GREIN |
| 8 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Chickasaw Agency | WILLIAMS |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Chickasaw Agency | HENDERSON FIRE |
| 3 March 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.4 acres | Chickasaw Agency | ALMOST FIRE |
| 24 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PEACHTREE |
| 17 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Chickasaw Agency | HATTON |
| 10 March 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | TUCKER FIRE |
| 10 March 2008 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Chickasaw Agency | DAVIDSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oil Center: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oil Center in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 1997: 2 lightning, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Lightning | Oil Center | - | Lightning struck an oil storage tank and set it on fire. |
| April 1996 | Lightning | Oil Center | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Oil Center | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bebee | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Maxwell | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Union Hill | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Center | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Gaar Corner | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pickett | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Tyrola | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Vanoss | 7.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1096184. 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.




