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Rigsby, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74020. The Survey maps it on the Keystone Dam quadrangle.

Rigsby within Pawnee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Rigsby between 1996 and 2017, burning about 17,526 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning5
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
2 September 2006Natural1.0 acresPawnee AgencyBRUSH PILE
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use134 acresOsage AgencyMAYDAY
28 August 2006Natural80 acresPawnee AgencyKEYSTONE KEY
14 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresPawnee AgencyMAGGARD
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined141 acresOsage AgencySANDCREEK
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,343 acresOsage AgencyWALLER
15 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined520 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,300 acresOsage AgencyPRUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pawnee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rigsby: 1 past producer. 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

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
Oak Grove1.3 miles14
Rabornville1.8 miles14
Westport2.2 miles14
Empy2.5 miles14
Baugh2.5 miles14
Mule Barn2.8 miles14
Leander3.2 miles14
Calida3.5 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122539009The 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 1102920. 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.