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Row, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Colcord census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74338. The Survey maps it on the Colcord quadrangle.

Row within Delaware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Row between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,800 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 117 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/incendiarism117
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Debris and open burning31
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural7
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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
5 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use70 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2000Natural31 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30425
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30402
27 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30517

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 Row: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Platinum. 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
Woodruff FarmUranium, PlatinumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Row in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Row$150,000This is the first segment of a two-segment tornado. This tornado developed north of County Road 500 and west of S 712 Road, about a mile and a half from the state line. It damaged several homes, destroyed outbuildings, snapped and uprooted trees, and snapped power poles as it moved northeast into Arkansas, crossing near Welch Road. This tornado produced a tornadic debris signature from KINX and KSRX WSR-88Ds. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
September 2010Flash FloodRow$50,000Several county roads were damaged by flooding in the southern portion of the county.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Row-This tornado snapped large tree limbs, and was observed by storm chasers. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 70 to 80 mph.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Row-A tornado uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 95 mph.

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Colcord1.0 miles18
Tonnece4.2 miles19
Cloud Creek4.3 miles19
Beckwith5.7 miles19
Flint6.4 miles19
Oak Hill-Piney7.2 miles18
Dripping Springs7.3 miles19
Flint Creek7.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100801. 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.

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.