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Ridley, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Northwest Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73538. It stands on Frisco Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Sill quadrangle.

Ridley within Comanche County

On record in Ridley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

85 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Ridley between 1999 and 2020, burning about 940 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use15
Fireworks11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresAnadarko AgencyGREAT WHITE
2 September 1999Natural5.0 acresSouthern Plains Regional OfficeMEDICINE
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyBIG BEAR
12 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresAnadarko AgencySIGN
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAnadarko AgencyPORK RIND
7 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAnadarko AgencyCOMPLEX
6 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreAnadarko AgencyMCCRACKEN FIRE
5 August 2008Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAnadarko AgencyT.L.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comanche County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ridley: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Comanche 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
Peachtree Crossing1.2 miles16
Chatto Crossing1.3 miles16
Grenade Crossing2.3 miles16
Corral Crossing2.6 miles16
Four Mile Crossing3.8 miles16
Sneed Acres4.7 miles16
Artillery Village4.9 miles16
Porter Hill5.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100792. 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.