BlockSand Bluff, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the West Choctaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74759. It lies near Pine Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Darwin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Darwin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Sand Bluff between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,423 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Talihina Agency | SAND BLUFF |
| 6 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10195 |
| 5 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 454 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | POUND VALLEY DEER CAMP |
| 5 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10288 |
| 13 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10286 |
| 12 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10286 |
| 10 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10211 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 1100810. 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.