BlockPark Wheeler Corner, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Okmulgee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74447. The Survey maps it on the Okfuskee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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
29 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Park Wheeler Corner between 2005 and 2018, burning about 16,417 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | TWIN BRIDGES |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 225 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | NUYAKA |
| 15 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 680 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | PECAN GROVE |
| 9 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | THOMAS |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 213 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | HARD ROCK HILL |
| 20 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 86 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | NUYAKA |
| 20 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | NEW DAY |
| 2 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | PARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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 Q122594425 | The 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 1100719. 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.