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Pearson, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Maud census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74826. It stands on Opossum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pearson quadrangle.

Pearson within Pottawatomie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Pearson in 2016, burning about 1,183 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/undetermined1

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
30 January 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,183 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryTURKEY HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pottawatomie County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pearson: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Corff Sand & Gravel Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pottawatomie County

Storms near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearson in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
March 2024HailPearson-Relayed report. Time and location are estimated.
May 2023Tornado (EFU)Pearson-Pottawatomie County storm spotters observed a brief tornado about 4 miles north-northwest of Asher, or about 2.5 miles southwest of Pearson. No damage was reported and the specific path is estimated.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPearson-Report of tree downed.
January 1996HailPearson-no account filed
July 1995HailPearson-no account filed
July 1995HailPearson-no account filed
September 1993HailPearson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pottawatomie 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
Romulus3.0 miles15
Saint Louis3.4 miles14
Anderson3.7 miles15
Avoca4.1 miles15
Chisney5.1 miles14
Macomb-Y5.1 miles14
Asher5.8 miles11
Ellaville6.1 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on PearsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7158314The 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 1096506. 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.