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Parker, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Coal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74538. The Survey maps it on the Parker quadrangle.

Parker within Coal 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

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Parker between 2005 and 2016, burning about 4,477 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
7 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,280 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySTUART
5 March 2012Arson/incendiarism30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10043
10 March 2006Arson/incendiarism75 acresTalihina AgencyBOHAMAN
31 December 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined310 acresChickasaw AgencyDIXON RANCH
31 December 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution225 acresChickasaw AgencyDIXONRANCH
21 December 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined750 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryTENTAN FIRE
8 October 2006Natural7.0 acresTalihina AgencyPINE CREEK
7 January 2006Arson/incendiarism1,800 acresTalihina AgencyNON

Every fire recorded in Coal County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Parker: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. 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 PitStonePast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Turpin Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Coal County

Storms near this place

2 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parker in 2 storm reports in 1993: 2 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
April 1993HailParker-no account filed
April 1993HailParker-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coal 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
Cairo10.5 miles14
Centrahoma12.4 miles14
Cottonwood12.6 miles14
Coalgate13.9 miles14
Tupelo15.9 miles14
Phillips16.1 miles14
Lehigh18.6 miles17
East Jesse20.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100720. 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.