Reichert, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Heavener census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74937. It stands on Britton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hodgen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1900 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Winding Stair quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Heavener quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Hodgen quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Reichert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,020 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 62 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/incendiarism | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | BLUE MTN #1 |
| 27 September 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BLUE MTN 3 |
| 25 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 24 acres | Ouachita National Forest | TOWER |
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20362 |
| 13 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SUGAR LOAF VISTA |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20433 |
| 6 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20347 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reichert in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2015: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Reichert | $100,000 | A tornado destroyed a mobile home, damaged several permanent homes, snapped dozens of power poles, and snapped or uprooted numerous large trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 115 mph. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reichert | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees in the Reichert Community. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conser | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Independence | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Glendale | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hodgen | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Braidwood | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hodgens Station | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Summerfield | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wister | 7.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1777529. 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.
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.









