BlockBefore

Redbird Smith, Oklahoma

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Vian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74962. It stands on Red Bird Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gore quadrangle. 526 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 797 feet above sea level.

Redbird Smith within Sequoyah County

Population over time

3 figures

Redbird Smith grew from 411 to 526 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000411
2010465+54 (+13%)
2020526+61 (+13%)

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

357 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Redbird Smith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,352 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 139 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/incendiarism139
Missing data/not specified/undetermined94
Debris and open burning71
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30546
7 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2000Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30462

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Redbird Smith: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah 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
Box2.6 miles20
Blackgum3.4 miles20
Notiechtown3.8 miles20
Linder Bend (historical)4.1 miles20
Carlisle4.5 miles20
Aqua Park4.8 miles20
Paradise Hill4.8 miles19
Gore Landing5.0 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 Redbird SmithAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2086133The 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 1853477. 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.