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Rambo, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Pawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74032. The Survey maps it on the Lela quadrangle.

Rambo within Pawnee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rambo between 2006 and 2019, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 February 2007Equipment and vehicle use31 acresPawnee AgencyHOSTUTLER RANCH
24 February 2019Debris and open burningunder an acrePawnee AgencyFISH
30 October 2006Debris and open burning20 acresPawnee AgencySTRIKER
26 January 2018Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresPawnee AgencyHOSTETLER
25 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePawnee AgencyJIM
1 January 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePawnee AgencyPEPPER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pawnee County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Rambo: 6 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Oak Creek-2Copper, SilverOccurrence1972
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lela South-1CopperOccurrence1975
Lela Southeast-1CopperOccurrence1975
Lela West-2CopperOccurrence1975
Oak Creek-1CopperOccurrence1975
Oak Creek-3CopperOccurrence1975

Every working recorded in Pawnee 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
Lela3.9 miles11
Lone Chimney5.7 miles11
Pawnee6.6 miles11
Cody10.1 miles12
Maramec11.2 miles12
Esau Junction11.4 miles12
Casey11.4 miles12
Watchorn11.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100774. 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.