BlockRankin, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cheyenne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73660. The Survey maps it on the Reydon SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Reydon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Reydon SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Foss Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Reydon SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Rankin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,653 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 2.6 acres | Cibola National Forest | CURVE |
| 8 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | GOOT |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | DRY TANK |
| 6 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | not named |
| 29 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | HILLTOP |
| 2 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 692 acres | Cibola National Forest | JUNCTION OK |
| 16 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Cibola National Forest | BLUE BARREL |
| 14 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | REYDON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
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 Rankin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85795889 | The 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 1101610. 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.