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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.

Shopton within Muskogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

11 since 2006

Regional 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/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
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
8 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeDUMB LUCK
1 August 2012Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40307
4 July 2012Arson/incendiarism25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40303
9 February 2008Arson/incendiarism126 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeDRAGON SLAYER
26 February 2012Arson/incendiarism60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30087
5 January 2008Arson/incendiarism28 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeMONKEY PICKLE
5 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCherokee Nation TribeSTATE 304
3 January 2008Arson/incendiarism10 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSMITH FERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2014HailShopton$5,000no account filed
May 2020Flash FloodShopton-Portions of East Hancock Street in Muskogee were flooded and closed.
May 2020Flash FloodShopton-Roads were flooded in and around the Grandview neighborhood on the south side of Muskogee.
April 2017Flash FloodShopton-Several streets were flooded in the Grandview neighborhood on the south side of Muskogee.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindShopton-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.

Every storm recorded in Muskogee 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
Grandview Heights1.0 miles19
Muskogee1.6 miles19
Bacone2.9 miles18
West Muskogee3.0 miles18
Hyde Park5.2 miles18
Summit5.4 miles18
Wybark6.0 miles18
Crekola7.1 miles18

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.