Powell, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Marshall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73439. It stands on House Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Denison quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gordonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Gordonville NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Shay quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Powell between 1999 and 2018, burning about 1,157 acres in total. 1 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Chickasaw Agency | WILLIAMS |
| 12 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 106 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DELAWARE BEND FIRE |
| 1 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 343 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PAGE |
| 2 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | BOAT RAMP |
| 22 May 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JBTHORTON FIRE |
| 13 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BURNEY INSTITUTE |
| 9 April 2011 | Smoking | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DELAWARE BEND |
| 24 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLYING J RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Powell: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powell in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100759. 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.






