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Scipio, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Northwest Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74501. The Survey maps it on the Scipio quadrangle.

Scipio within Pittsburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Scipio in 2010, burning about 1,198 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
31 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined700 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryLONE OAK
19 March 2010Arson/incendiarism470 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20091
2 December 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20278
17 December 2010Arson/incendiarism23 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20288

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg 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 Scipio: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scipio in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Scipio$15,000A tornado blew down large tree limbs, damaged the roof of a permanent home, and blew the roof off of a barn. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 80 mph.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindScipio$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew part of the roof off a barn. The flying debris damaged a house.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindScipio$1,000A large outdoor smoker was tossed and damaged by strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2019Flash FloodScipio-Portions of several roads in and around Scipio were flooded.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindScipio-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2015Flash FloodScipio-Several roads were severely flooded and impassable.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindScipio-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindScipio-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindScipio-Thunderstorm winds estimated to 60 mph blew down large tree limbs.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindScipio-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindScipio-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindScipio-Isolated severe thunderstorms in southern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours on the 24th produced strong winds, large hail and damaging lightning. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees 5.5 miles southwest of Scipio, destroyed a mobile home 3 miles east-southeast of Holdenville and damaged several barns and houses 7 miles east of Holdenville. Lightning struck the Holdenville Police Department around 1915 CST injuring a radio dispatcher and a fireman. Most communication equipment including computers were damaged.
July 2013HailScipio-no account filed
July 2013HailScipio-no account filed
May 2012HailScipio-no account filed
May 2011HailScipio-no account filed
September 2009HailScipio-no account filed
April 2008HailScipio-no account filed
April 2008HailScipio-no account filed
May 2006HailScipio-no account filed
May 2006HailScipio-no account filed
April 2004HailScipio-no account filed
April 2004HailScipio-no account filed
March 2004HailScipio-no account filed
May 2003HailScipio-no account filed
May 2003HailScipio-no account filed
April 2003HailScipio-no account filed
May 2001HailScipio-no account filed
June 2001HailScipio-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindScipio-no account filed
June 1998Tornado (F0)Scipio-no account filed
June 1996HailScipio-no account filed
August 1996Tornado (F0)Scipio-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Ulan5.6 miles14
Arpelar7.8 miles17
Cabaniss8.6 miles13
Mekko11.4 miles14
Haywood11.6 miles17
Indianola12.2 miles14
North McAlester12.4 miles18
McAlester13.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1097875. 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.