BlockSardis, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Pushmataha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74536. The Survey maps it on the Sardis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 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
- 1971 USGS Sardis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
316 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,424 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 133 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 | 133 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20415 |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Talihina Agency | ANDERSON C |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10540 |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20409 |
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10411 |
| 27 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10412 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sardis in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a camping trailer at the Sardis Cove Campground on Sardis Lake. |
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Sardis | $5,000 | This tornado developed over the hilly terrain south of Sardis Lake. It uprooted trees and blew down power poles as it crossed the E 1660 Road, and then Highway 43, south of the lake. The tornado moved across the eastern portion of the lake, and came back onto land near the E 1625 Road, where trees were uprooted and large tree limbs were snapped. The tornado crossed Highway 2, where trees were uprooted, and then dissipated just south of the Latimer County line. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sardis | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines, trapping a family in their home. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Sardis | - | A tornado blew down several trees. Maximum estimated wind based on this damage was about 90 mph. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Sardis | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Sardis | - | no account filed |
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 Sardis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7423817 | 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 1100815. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.