Quay, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It lies in ZIP code area 74085. The Survey maps it on the Maramec quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1929 USGS Yale quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Yale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Maramec quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Quay between 2004 and 2020, burning about 7,939 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 acres | Pawnee Agency | LAGOON CREEK |
| 1 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | THOMAS |
| 21 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | YOUNGHAWK |
| 6 April 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | FRIED SQUIREL |
| 6 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | YOUNGHAWK |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 109 acres | Pawnee Agency | TANKER 2 FIRE |
| 4 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | CEMETERY FIRE |
| 3 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Pawnee Agency | UNDERWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Quay: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quay North | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1975 | |
| Unknown Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quay in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Quay | - | Multiple roads with water covering them (up to 1-foot in spots). |
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 1096992. 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.





