Oriental, 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 Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Okfuskee quadrangle.

Oriental 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.

1901 USGS Nuyaka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Okfuskee quadrangle1:24000
1990 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

76 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Oriental between 2005 and 2020, burning about 22,747 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning	29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Arson/incendiarism	15
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1
Natural	1

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
4 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	MORSE CEMETERY
10 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	28 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	SOUTH CREEK II
9 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	HAY MAKER
19 August 2010	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	SHEPARD
4 July 2011	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	GRASS HUT
29 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	650 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	HARJOCHE
9 April 2016	Debris and open burning	13 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	DEERE
4 April 2010	Arson/incendiarism	6.2 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	NUYAKA CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okfuskee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oriental: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Last Chance	1.9 miles	11
Morse	2.8 miles	11
Woodard Corner	3.8 miles	11
Okfuskee	4.1 miles	11
Haydenville	4.5 miles	11
Sunrise	5.7 miles	11
Mason	6.9 miles	11
Okemah	8.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100705. 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.