Shawnee Town, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74873. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shawnee Town within Pottawatomie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1896 USGS Seminole and Prague quadrangle1:125000
1909 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

20 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Shawnee Town (historical) between 2007 and 2020, burning about 605 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Arson/incendiarism	1
Fireworks	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
13 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Southern Plains Regional Office	BENSON
4 July 2011	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Kickapoo Field Office	SPARKLER BOMB
19 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kickapoo Field Office	LEO
3 June 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kickapoo Field Office	6TH ST
18 March 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kickapoo Field Office	ACME
16 March 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	27 acres	Southern Plains Regional Office	SUMAC
1 March 2012	Debris and open burning	34 acres	Kickapoo Field Office	13 TH STREET
1 February 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Kickapoo Field Office	FIRELAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pottawatomie County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Shawnee Town (historical): 3 past producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pottawatomie 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tecumseh	2.5 miles	15
Shawnee	2.9 miles	15
Gaddy	5.8 miles	13
Earlsboro	5.8 miles	12
Bethel Acres	6.3 miles	13
Harjo	6.7 miles	13
Brooksville	6.9 miles	14
Neal	7.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2438069. 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.