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Oklahoma Hills, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Duncan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73533. The Survey maps it on the Duncan South quadrangle.

Oklahoma Hills within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Oklahoma Hills between 1993 and 2008, burning about 8,230 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChickasaw National Recreation AreaPINAROC
12 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use25 acresChickasaw AgencyROAD SCRATCH
9 July 1993Debris and open burning20 acresChickasaw National Recreation AreaHATCHERY
22 March 1994Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresChickasaw National Recreation AreaBEST
16 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChickasaw AgencyOAK RIDGE
1 March 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution8,000 acresChickasaw AgencyBIA EMPIRE
21 November 1993Arson/incendiarism150 acresChickasaw National Recreation AreaPOWELLROAD
13 November 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution31 acresChickasaw AgencyCLAUD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens 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 Oklahoma Hills: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stephens 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
Dixie Park1.2 miles15
Duncan2.1 miles16
Liberty3.0 miles15
Meridian4.6 miles15
Sunray5.2 miles15
Empire City6.7 miles10
Marlow7.6 miles16
Hope7.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1096209. 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.