Old Allison, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Durant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74701. The Survey maps it on the Roberta quadrangle.

Old Allison within Bryan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Roberta quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Old Allison between 2005 and 2006, burning about 10,041 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/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
13 July 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	38 acres	Chickasaw Agency	RODEO
12 July 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	2.6 acres	Chickasaw Agency	FORBIS
29 December 2005	Arson/incendiarism	10,000 acres	Talihina Agency	ACHILLE
25 January 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Talihina Agency	CHUCKS4WAY

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 Old Allison: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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
Allison	2.1 miles	8
Roberta	3.6 miles	8
Achille	4.2 miles	8
Calera	6.1 miles	8
Olive	6.2 miles	8
Utica	6.3 miles	7
Yarnaby	7.6 miles	8
Kemp	7.8 miles	8

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 Q122541856

The 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 1100691. 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.