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Schoolton, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wewoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74859. The Survey maps it on the Boley quadrangle.

Schoolton within Seminole County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

108 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Schoolton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,964 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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
Debris and open burning47
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
28 September 2008Natural2.1 acresWewoka AgencyCOUNTY LANE
27 September 1998Debris and open burning35 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeVCURRY
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresWewoka AgencyRANCH FIRE
14 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePUMPJACK
8 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresWewoka AgencyTUCKER
7 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeSUGAR WATER
5 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresWewoka AgencyJUMPSUIT
16 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWewoka AgencyRED ROCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Schoolton: 24 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Star PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cromwell Dredge and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Granite Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Perryman Sand Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schoolton in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSchoolton$5,000Tree and structural damage at Sweet Hilltop Farm and Nursery. Time was estimated.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSchoolton-Estimated wind gust at the intersection of Interstate 40 and Oklahoma Highway 56.
March 2013HailSchoolton-no account filed
March 2002HailSchoolton-no account filed
March 2000HailSchoolton-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindSchoolton-no account filed
May 1994HailSchoolton-no account filed
May 1994HailSchoolton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seminole 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
Cromwell3.6 miles12
Sylvian6.4 miles9
Butner9.0 miles12
Little11.7 miles10
Nobletown13.5 miles9
Indogco15.9 miles9
Seminole16.1 miles11
Wewoka16.2 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122594917The 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 1100818. 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.

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.