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Old Scott, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Healdton North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73481. It stands on Flag Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fox quadrangle.

Old Scott within Carter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

21 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Old Scott between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,131 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresChickasaw Agency2 HOG HEAD
9 April 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution500 acresChickasaw AgencyFOX GRAHAM
8 April 2005Natural1,000 acresChickasaw AgencyCLEMSCOTT
15 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution87 acresChickasaw AgencyFOXBRUSH
12 April 2011Debris and open burning2,751 acresChickasaw AgencyBULLY FIRE
24 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined57 acresChickasaw AgencyVISTA
24 March 2005Natural60 acresChickasaw AgencyFRAZIER
22 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresChickasaw AgencyFOX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Old Scott: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Limestone PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter 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
Clemscott1.3 miles15
Graham1.4 miles15
Fox2.8 miles15
Pike City (historical)3.3 miles14
Pooleville4.6 miles16
Pruitt City5.5 miles14
Milo5.7 miles15
Oil City6.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1763557. 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.