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Oswalt, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Love census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73453. The Survey maps it on the Healdton SE quadrangle.

Oswalt within Love County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Oswalt between 1992 and 2011, burning about 12,499 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 August 2006Arson/incendiarism15 acresChickasaw AgencyOSWALT
11 August 2006Arson/incendiarism95 acresChickasaw AgencyWATER
19 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution140 acresChickasaw AgencyOSWALT
9 April 2009Debris and open burning8,000 acresChickasaw AgencyBRUSHY MOUNTAIN FIRE
8 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresChickasaw AgencyPHIL GREEN
24 March 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresChickasaw AgencyBUREAU 1
22 March 2005Natural18 acresChickasaw AgencyLOVE
21 March 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresChickasaw AgencyTRUST LAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Love 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
Pike4.4 miles13
Eastman4.6 miles13
Post Oak5.5 miles16
Turner6.1 miles13
Dunbar6.6 miles13
Marsden7.6 miles17
Burneyville8.6 miles13
Rubottom8.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100710. 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.