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Santa Fe, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Velma-Alma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73533. The Survey maps it on the Velma quadrangle. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.

Santa Fe within Stephens 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

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Santa Fe between 1996 and 2018, burning about 11,951 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined358 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryVELMA EAST
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,921 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryVELMA WEST
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,301 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryVELMA
11 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution62 acresChickasaw AgencyALCORN FIRE
9 March 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution7.6 acresChickasaw AgencyONEOK FIELD
4 March 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution3.8 acresChickasaw AgencyJUMP ROAD
27 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChickasaw Agency501
24 March 1996Arson/incendiarism1,800 acresChickasaw AgencyVELMA#2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Santa Fe: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 Sandstone PitFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Stephens 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
Velma2.9 miles14
Alma4.3 miles14
Harrisburg5.3 miles15
Loco6.3 miles14
Countyline7.2 miles14
Hope12.8 miles16
Oklahoma Hills13.2 miles15
Dixie Park14.4 miles15

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 Santa FeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18354867The 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 1100814. 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.