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Russett, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Johnston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73447. The Survey maps it on the Ravia quadrangle.

Russett within Johnston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

9 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Russett between 2004 and 2006, burning about 231 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined5
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreChickasaw AgencySECOND STREET
6 August 2006Naturalunder an acreChickasaw AgencySIMPSON
28 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.7 acresChickasaw AgencyO'BANNION
20 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresChickasaw AgencyGREASY BEND
1 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresChickasaw AgencyDUKE
1 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined95 acresChickasaw AgencyBROOKLYN
21 March 2004Natural100 acresChickasaw AgencyNED WATSON
1 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTishomingo National Wildlife RefugeJIMMY DOYLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Russett: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite. 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 Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Unknown Limestone 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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnston County

Storms near this place

2 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Russett in 2 storm reports in 1997: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1997Tornado (F0)Russett-Tornado reported on the Johnston/Marshall County line at the intersection of highways 1 and 199 by local emergency management officials. (same as 6 NW Madill in Marshall County). No reported damage.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Russett-Tornado with no reported damage.

Every storm recorded in Johnston 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
Mannsville4.0 miles14
Ravia4.6 miles14
Earl5.0 miles14
Tishomingo7.4 miles13
Troy9.5 miles15
Reagan11.8 miles14
Bee13.2 miles13
Emet14.0 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on RussettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22083109The 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 1097547. 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.