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Qualls, Oklahoma

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74451. It lies near Sellers Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Qualls quadrangle.

Qualls within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

478 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 478 fires within 5 miles of Qualls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40,140 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 239 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/incendiarism239
Missing data/not specified/undetermined139
Debris and open burning57
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning24 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30550
20 September 2000Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Qualls: 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Qualls in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2016: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindQualls1 hurt, $250,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed docks at the Snake Creek Marina. An RV was overturned at the Snake Creek RV park, resulting in an injury.
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Qualls$150,000This tornado destroyed outbuildings, destroyed a boat dock on Lake Tenkiller, damaged homes, and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindQualls$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind flipped a boat dock and overturned three pontoon boats. Several large trees were also blown down.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindQualls$500Several trees were blown down.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindQualls$100Several tree limbs were blown down in Qualls.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
White Oak0.4 miles19
Pettit4.7 miles18
Pettit Bay5.2 miles18
Cookson6.0 miles19
Keys6.4 miles18
Wildcat Point6.8 miles18
Zeb7.1 miles20
Manard7.8 miles20

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 QuallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7268799The 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 1100771. 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.