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Pumpkin Center, Oklahoma

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It lies in ZIP code area 74434. The Survey maps it on the Braggs quadrangle. It stands 597 feet above sea level.

Pumpkin Center within Muskogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Pumpkin Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53,424 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 72 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/incendiarism72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Natural1
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 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,900 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30480
11 September 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 August 2012Arson/incendiarism35 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30350
24 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryPERSIMMON RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pumpkin Center: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee 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
Braggs5.1 miles20
Hy 10 Landing7.2 miles19
Fort Gibson8.8 miles18
Hyde Park10.8 miles18
Bacone11.9 miles18
Shopton12.2 miles19
McLain12.6 miles19
Grandview Heights12.7 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on Pumpkin CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7259842The 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 1100769. 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.