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Owen, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 67333. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Copan quadrangle.

Owen within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

38 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Owen between 2002 and 2019, burning about 5,527 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2

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
23 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service1530033
12 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMontgomery County1730023
27 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service201880
9 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1870062
4 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1870059
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Service1870072
16 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKansas Forest Service1870066
13 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryMULLENDORE RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Owen: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Owen in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Owen$5,000This tornado occurred mostly over open country but did damage the roof of a home and uproot several trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 85 to 95 mph.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindOwen-Strong thunderstorm wind, estimated to be about 65 mph, snapped large tree limbs.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOwen-Strong thunderstorm wind, likely associated with the tornadic storm's rear flank downdraft, snapped large tree limbs.
April 2017HailOwen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Cotton Valley4.3 miles16
Copan7.0 miles17
Dewey14.0 miles17
Bartlesville17.6 miles18
Hogshooter21.1 miles16
Matoaka22.3 miles18
Oglesby26.0 miles16
Ochelata27.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100713. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.