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Potter, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quapaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74354. It stands on Lytle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Picher quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Potter within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

185 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Potter (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,124 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined55
Natural41
Arson/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresMiami AgencySNAKE PIT
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresMiami AgencyTOMLISON
29 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMiami AgencyTURKEY RUN
22 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMiami AgencyVINE
19 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresMiami AgencyHOSS
1 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMiami AgencyPIUS
31 August 2010Debris and open burning1.3 acresMiami AgencyFISHERS
29 August 2010Debris and open burning5.5 acresMiami AgencyCRAWFISH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 126 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 126 workings within 5 miles of Potter (historical): 111 past producers, 12 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Central Mill & SempleStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Epperson Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Humble Sand PitClayProducer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Bingham Sand & Gravel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blue GooseSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bryan Chat Company Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dale Epersons Trucking Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eagle-Picher Mining Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Earnie Graham Chat Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ottawa 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
Cardin (historical)1.4 miles14
Douthat (historical)1.5 miles14
Commerce1.7 miles14
Picher (historical)2.8 miles14
North Miami2.8 miles14
Zincville (historical)3.8 miles14
Quapaw4.1 miles14
Hockerville (historical)5.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100758. 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.