Pickett, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Northwest Pontotoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74820. The Survey maps it on the Vanoss quadrangle. 774 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 997 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS Stonewall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Vanoss quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Pickett between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,693 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Chickasaw Agency | HENDERSON |
| 12 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BAILER |
| 1 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Chickasaw Agency | FALLOUT #2 |
| 9 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | JOHN DEERE |
| 29 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | CASSADY |
| 28 July 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | SANDY 3540 |
| 26 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Chickasaw Agency | QUARRY |
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | 1570 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Pickett: 33 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Cement Plant | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium | Producer | ||
| Ada West | Copper | Occurrence | 1973 | |
| Lewis Spring | Copper | Occurrence | 1929 | |
| Four Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Three Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Three Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Three Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pickett in 1 storm report in 2005: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Hail | Pickett | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Union Hill | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Latta | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bebee | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gaar Corner | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ada | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Vanoss | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Oil Center | 6.5 miles | 12 |
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 Pickett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108364992 | The 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 1096620. 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.




