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Sanders, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Stilwell West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74960. The Survey maps it on the Christie quadrangle.

Sanders within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

415 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 415 fires within 5 miles of Sanders between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,853 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 183 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/incendiarism183
Missing data/not specified/undetermined109
Debris and open burning70
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 September 1998Smoking10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism255 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2014Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2000Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sanders: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Addilee Sand and Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Davidson Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Adair 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
Christie2.7 miles17
Whitmire2.8 miles17
England3.2 miles17
Spade Mountain3.6 miles17
Titanic3.7 miles18
West Peavine4.2 miles17
Addielee4.6 miles17
Baron4.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100811. 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.