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Slim, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Valliant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74764. The Survey maps it on the Wright City quadrangle.

Slim within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Slim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,095 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 99 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/incendiarism99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning33
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10547
8 September 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresTalihina AgencyDAY
6 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10229
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencySE252
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTalihina AgencyWOLFCRK1-2
3 September 2005Debris and open burning50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10456

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain 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 Slim: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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

Every working recorded in McCurtain County

Storms near this place

13 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slim in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
March 2008Tornado (EF1)Slim$10,000An EF1 tornado with winds of 100-110 mph snapped and uprooted numerous trees 19 miles northwest of Broken Bow, Oklahoma on Hwy. 3. Two homes along Hwy. 3 also sustained minor damage as the tornado crossed Hwy. 3. The tornado trekked mainly through forest land in a wildlife refuge area and snapped or uprooted many pines and hardwoods.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSlim-Several RVs at Pine Creek Lake were flipped over by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2021Flash FloodSlim-Pine Creek Road was flooded and impassable. A motorist stalled in the high water on Pine Creek Road and had to be rescued. JC Loop Road and Rufe Road were also flooded and impassable. A Valliant Police Officer stated that there was an approximately 4 inch rise in water in just 35 minutes.
June 2021Flash FloodSlim-A culvert on Tidmore Road north of Valliant was washed out and the road closed.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSlim-A tree was blown down on Moran Loop.
February 2018Flash FloodSlim-Snow Arena Road, Sharps Road near Highway 37, and Tree Farm Road were closed due to flooding. Many other low lying areas were covered in high water as well.
May 2018HailSlim-Penny size hail fell near JC's Store on Pine Creek Road southeast of the Rufe community.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSlim-Trees were blown down on Browning Road west of Wright City.
April 2017HailSlim-Quarter size hail fell about 4 miles north of Valliant.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindSlim-Tree down across old Highway 98. Report from Facebook.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindSlim-Trees and power lines were blown down. Roads were blocked.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindSlim-Numerous trees and powerlines were downed north of Valliant, Oklahoma.
April 2008HailSlim-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCurtain 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
Mound Grove0.9 miles17
Plainview2.2 miles17
Rufe3.4 miles17
Doaksville (historical)3.8 miles17
Felker4.1 miles17
Wright City5.6 miles17
Valliant5.7 miles17
Alikchi5.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100834. 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.