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Seven Oaks, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Sallisaw North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74955. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gans quadrangle.

Seven Oaks within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Seven Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,656 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 65 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/undetermined68
Arson/incendiarism65
Debris and open burning65
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 September 2002Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30489
22 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30525
2 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Seven Oaks: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah 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
Akins2.8 miles18
Sallisaw3.3 miles15
Hanson3.7 miles14
Brushy5.2 miles18
Maple5.6 miles14
Blackjack6.1 miles14
Gans6.7 miles14
Flat Rock7.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100825. 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.