BlockSac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Prague census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74079. The Survey maps it on the Paden quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1929 USGS Stroud quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Stroud quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Paden quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Sac and Fox Agency (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 19,797 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DUMP |
| 16 July 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BAILEY |
| 9 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 170 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | TWILGHT ZONE |
| 1 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 63 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | OIL FIELD |
| 6 March 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Southern Plains Regional Office | BRIGHT PATH |
| 5 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 893 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | HILL 22 |
| 26 February 2012 | Debris and open burning | 260 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | KELLOGG |
| 22 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | BAILEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sac and Fox Agency (historical): 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Clay. 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 Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Arlington East | Copper | Occurrence | 1935 | |
| Martin Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | 1942 |
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 2437989. 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.