BlockPine Knot Crossing, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Finley-Rattan census division. It stands on Houston Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sobol quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Alikchi quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sobol quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Pine Knot Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,532 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 65 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/incendiarism | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10526 |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10221 |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10222 |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10223 |
| 28 September 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Talihina Agency | EC256 |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10558 |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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 Q122543976 | 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 1100740. 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.