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Plainview, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Valliant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74755. The Survey maps it on the Wright City quadrangle.

Plainview within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,698 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 89 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/incendiarism89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Debris and open burning26
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10547
8 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresTalihina AgencyRUFE
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresTalihina AgencyDAY
6 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10229
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencySE252
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Plainview: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain 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
Rufe1.4 miles17
Slim2.2 miles17
Mound Grove2.8 miles17
Alikchi4.4 miles17
Doaksville (historical)6.0 miles17
Felker6.2 miles17
Ringold7.0 miles17
Wright City7.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100747. 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.