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Rocky Point, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wagoner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74467. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Point quadrangle.

Rocky Point within Wagoner County

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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Point between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,428 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1

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
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 August 2011Arson/incendiarism60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40308
28 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30262
25 June 2012Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30252
18 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30247
9 April 2006Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30391
8 April 2001Arson/incendiarism35 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wagoner County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Point: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Sandstone 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 PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wagoner 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
Leliaetta2.3 miles16
Whitehorn Cove3.2 miles16
Yonkers3.9 miles16
Toppers4.1 miles18
Wagoner5.2 miles18
Neodesha5.8 miles16
Taylor Ferry6.4 miles18
Gibson10.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1097376. 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.