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Okfuskee, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Okemah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74859. It stands on Sixshooter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Okfuskee quadrangle.

Okfuskee within Okfuskee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Woody Guthrie Birthplace, Okemah, Okfuskee County, OK
Woody Guthrie Birthplace, Okemah, Okfuskee County, OK
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

45 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Okfuskee between 2005 and 2020, burning about 24,813 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHAY MAKER
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeTWIN BRIDGES
19 August 2010Debris and open burning35 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSHEPARD
29 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use650 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHARJOCHE
6 April 2011Debris and open burning1,247 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeNU SNAKE
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,230 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHAY NORTH
5 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined106 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBEAR II
15 April 2006Arson/incendiarism680 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePECAN GROVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okfuskee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Okfuskee: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okfuskee County

Storms near this place

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okfuskee in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 17 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
June 2021Flash FloodOkfuskee$25,000Portions of numerous county roads were flooded. Some roads had sections that were washed out by flood waters.
May 2017HailOkfuskee$25,000no account filed
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Okfuskee$10,000This tornado snapped trees, damaged a barn, and blew round hay bales out of a field across a road. Several people witnessed this tornado and it produced a radar-detected debris signature. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee$10,000no account filed
November 2008Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour destroyed an outbuilding.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and damaged a metal outbuilding.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour caused an above ground swimming pool to collapse.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down two trees.
March 2008Flash FloodOkfuskee-Heavy rain caused numerous county roads to be flooded between Okemah and Okfuskee.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee-Thunderstorm winds were estimated to gust to 75 miles an hour by a storm chaser.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Okfuskee-A tornado touched down briefly. No damage was reported.
June 1998Flash FloodOkfuskee-Water overflowed a county road to the west of Okfuskee.
March 2009HailOkfuskee-no account filed
June 2008HailOkfuskee-no account filed
April 2005HailOkfuskee-no account filed
April 2004HailOkfuskee-no account filed
May 2001HailOkfuskee-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee-no account filed
March 2000HailOkfuskee-no account filed
March 2000HailOkfuskee-no account filed
April 2000HailOkfuskee-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee-no account filed
June 1999HailOkfuskee-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindOkfuskee-no account filed
March 1997HailOkfuskee-no account filed
May 1995HailOkfuskee-no account filed
February 1995HailOkfuskee-no account filed
July 1995HailOkfuskee-no account filed
July 1995HailOkfuskee-no account filed
July 1995HailOkfuskee-no account filed
October 1993HailOkfuskee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okfuskee 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
Haydenville1.9 miles11
Oriental4.1 miles11
Last Chance4.5 miles11
Morse5.0 miles11
Woodard Corner6.3 miles11
Mason6.9 miles11
Sunrise7.6 miles11
Welty9.6 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122592972The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100689. 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.