BlockRocky Ford, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Chickasha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73017. It stands on Charlie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Ford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Cement quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cement quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Rocky Ford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Ford between 2000 and 2017, burning about 2,740 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Anadarko Agency | LUMPIE |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,500 acres | Anadarko Agency | WACME |
| 25 August 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Anadarko Agency | KING RD. |
| 30 July 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | TATORSALAD |
| 7 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 600 acres | Anadarko Agency | WASHITA CREEK |
| 23 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | MILLER |
| 19 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 139 acres | Anadarko Agency | MM. 64 |
| 31 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 180 acres | Anadarko Agency | SMOOT 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rocky Ford: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Quarry & Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100796. 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.