BlockSand Point, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Durant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73449. The Survey maps it on the Platter quadrangle. 251 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Denison quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Denison Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Platter quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sand Point between 2006 and 2008, burning about 99 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | NORTH FORTY |
| 4 July 2006 | Fireworks | 1.3 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BOOM BOOM |
| 23 July 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | SMISER |
| 10 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Chickasaw Agency | NORTH MEAD |
| 1 July 2006 | Natural | 1.4 acres | Chickasaw Agency | GOGGINS |
| 1 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | ROOSEVELT BRIDGE |
| 8 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wewoka Agency | WILLOW SPRINGS RD |
| 25 February 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Chickasaw Agency | ARKY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sand Point: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 Sand Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q108280895 | The 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 1097780. 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.