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Oseuma, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Afton-Fairland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74343. The Survey maps it on the Afton quadrangle.

Oseuma within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Oseuma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
6 March 2010Natural3.0 acresMiami AgencyNO WATER
28 February 1992Smoking76 acresMiami AgencyBINGO
21 February 1992Debris and open burning20 acresMiami AgencyPUPS
18 February 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCherokee Nation TribePHIPPS
11 November 2012Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30408
1 November 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreMiami AgencyTRAILER PARK
29 January 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresMiami AgencyBUFFALO RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

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

Every working recorded in Ottawa 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
Fairland2.7 miles16
Afton4.6 miles13
Ogeechee4.6 miles16
Narcissa5.3 miles14
Moreville6.5 miles16
Dotyville9.0 miles14
Wyandotte9.8 miles14
Miami10.0 miles14

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 Q122597570The 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 1100709. 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.