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Pontotoc, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tishomingo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74836. The Survey maps it on the Connerville quadrangle.

Pontotoc within Johnston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Pontotoc between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,725 acres in total. None 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2013Recreation and ceremony9.5 acresChickasaw AgencyROSS FIRE
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,060 acresChickasaw AgencyHARDEN
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresChickasaw AgencyCRAVATT
21 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresChickasaw AgencyFITTSTOWN SOUTH
23 June 2011Debris and open burning11 acresChickasaw AgencySIMMONS
29 March 2005Arson/incendiarism50 acresChickasaw AgencyREFUGE
20 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined132 acresChickasaw AgencyCRAVATT
17 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined51 acresChickasaw AgencyCARVATT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pontotoc: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite. 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 Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Unknown Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Unknown Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Unknown Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnston County

Storms near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pontotoc in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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
May 2017Flash FloodPontotoc$10,000House was evacuated due to flooding. Highway 377 was closed down to one lane and highway 7 was closed in places as well.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPontotoc$7,000Extensive tree damage in the area between Pontotoc and Connerville, also 7 downed power poles.
September 2018Flash FloodPontotoc-Eight inches of water reported over the roadway on east Pontotoc Road.
May 2022HailPontotoc-no account filed
March 2008HailPontotoc-no account filed
April 2004HailPontotoc-no account filed
May 2003HailPontotoc-no account filed
June 2001HailPontotoc-no account filed
April 1996HailPontotoc-no account filed
April 1996HailPontotoc-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPontotoc-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnston 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
Connerville2.9 miles13
Bromide8.4 miles15
Reagan10.9 miles14
Bromide Junction11.8 miles15
Mill Creek12.1 miles15
Wapanucka13.3 miles14
Troy13.9 miles15
Fillmore16.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1096827. 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.