Shopton, Oklahoma
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muskogee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74403. It stands on Corta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Muskogee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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 Muscogee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1905 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Keefeton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Keefeton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Keefeton NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Southeast Muskogee quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Shopton between 2006 and 2012, burning about 871 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Okmulgee Field Office | DUMB LUCK |
| 1 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 40307 |
| 4 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 40303 |
| 9 February 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 126 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | DRAGON SLAYER |
| 26 February 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30087 |
| 5 January 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | MONKEY PICKLE |
| 5 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | STATE 304 |
| 3 January 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | SMITH FERRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Shopton: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shopton in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Hail | Shopton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Shopton | - | Portions of East Hancock Street in Muskogee were flooded and closed. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Shopton | - | Roads were flooded in and around the Grandview neighborhood on the south side of Muskogee. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Shopton | - | Several streets were flooded in the Grandview neighborhood on the south side of Muskogee. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shopton | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview Heights | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Muskogee | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Bacone | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| West Muskogee | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hyde Park | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Summit | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Wybark | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Crekola | 7.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1763707. 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.











