Russellville, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Quinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74561. The Survey maps it on the Enterprise quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1900 USGS Sansbois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Sans Bois quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Sans Bois quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Sansbois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
242 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Russellville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,928 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 113 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/incendiarism | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20413 |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20429 |
| 28 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20430 |
| 7 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Talihina Agency | 012 |
| 6 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20188 |
| 5 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 155 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20145 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Russellville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russellville in 1 storm report in 1998: 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Russellville | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Featherston | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Highway 9 Landing | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Carlton Landing | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Longtown | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Canadian Fork | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Blocker | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bristow Point | 9.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100804. 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.









