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Pemeta, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Drumright census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74030. It stands on Tiger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oilton quadrangle.

Pemeta within Creek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

29 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Pemeta between 2006 and 2020, burning about 5,660 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3

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 August 2012Natural2.0 acresPawnee AgencyUNDERWOOD
4 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,678 acresPawnee AgencyNORFOLK RD
4 August 2011Arson/incendiarism685 acresKickapoo Field OfficeDEEP ROCK
29 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1,346 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeOAK
26 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePawnee AgencyLAWSON RD
25 August 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution7.8 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSINCLAIR
21 August 2006Natural1.0 acresPawnee AgencyBFOT
30 July 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution500 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBLUE GILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek 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 Pemeta: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Corundum, Clay, 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 Shale PitCorundumPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Quapaw Co. Limestone Pits & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Creek 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
Frey0.4 miles12
Markham2.6 miles12
Drumright2.6 miles11
Oilton4.5 miles12
Player5.0 miles12
Olive7.2 miles13
Silver City7.9 miles13
Shamrock8.1 miles11

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 Q122594045The 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 1100729. 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.