Parkersburg, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73601. The Survey maps it on the Dill City NE quadrangle.

Parkersburg within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Dill City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1983 USGS Dill City NE quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

17 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Parkersburg between 2005 and 2011, burning about 289 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Debris and open burning	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
30 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Concho Field Office	CLINTON 2
2 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Concho Field Office	JANCY
3 July 2006	Power generation/transmission/distribution	15 acres	Concho Field Office	DISK
9 May 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Concho Field Office	MODELLE
16 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Concho Field Office	ESLINGER
9 March 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Concho Field Office	FARMRAIL
6 March 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Concho Field Office	PRISON
31 March 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Concho Field Office	6TH STREET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer 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 Parkersburg: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Acme Brick Company Shale Pit	Clay	Producer
Acme Brick Company Shale Pit/Plant	Clay	Producer
Harold Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Custer 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ralph	1.3 miles	10
Clinton	3.4 miles	10
East Junction	3.9 miles	10
Stafford	6.0 miles	10
Arapaho	6.7 miles	10
Indianapolis	9.5 miles	10
Butler	13.1 miles	11
Custer City	14.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100721. 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.