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Sneed Acres, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lawton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73507. It stands on Sitting Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Sill quadrangle.

Sneed Acres within Comanche County

On record in Sneed Acres

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

47 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Sneed Acres between 2000 and 2020, burning about 873 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
Debris and open burning14
Fireworks7
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
3 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAnadarko AgencySE-BISHOP
2 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyRAILROAD & BISHOP
12 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAnadarko AgencySE-BISHOP-3
30 August 2009Debris and open burning60 acresAnadarko AgencyHIGHLAND
24 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyMULLEN
22 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAnadarko AgencyBART
21 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAnadarko AgencyHIGHLAND
5 July 2012Fireworks1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyKOOMBZ RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comanche 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 Sneed Acres: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitDolomite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wolf Creek-1CopperOccurrence1936

Every working recorded in Comanche 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
Kiowa and Commanche Agency (historical)1.0 miles13
Artillery Village1.3 miles16
Lawton1.9 miles13
Corral Crossing2.1 miles16
Grenade Crossing2.4 miles16
Chatto Crossing3.4 miles16
Peachtree Crossing3.5 miles16
Four Mile Crossing4.5 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122564610The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1098164. 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.