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Patterson, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Wilburton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74578. The Survey maps it on the Gowen quadrangle.

Patterson within Latimer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Patterson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,456 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 100 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/incendiarism100
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Debris and open burning52
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTalihina AgencyEC384
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20234
20 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use59 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 2005Debris and open burning25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20424

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Patterson: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Latimer County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patterson in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 2 flash flood, 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 2015Flash FloodPatterson-Fourche Maline River was flooded in several locations, inundating nearby county roads.
March 2012Flash FloodPatterson-Highbridge Road just northwest of Wilburton was closed due to high water.
May 2021HailPatterson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Latimer 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
Chilli2.1 miles16
Degnan2.6 miles15
Bowers3.1 miles16
Drumb4.6 miles16
Center Point4.7 miles15
Wilburton5.5 miles15
Gowen6.4 miles16
Lutie7.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1096466. 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.