Snow, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Finley-Rattan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74543. It stands on Snow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snow quadrangle. It stands 545 feet above sea level.
On record in Snow
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 1 record
Snow Schoollisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Alikchi quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Snow quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Snow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,844 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 56 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10543 |
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10534 |
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10549 |
| 27 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10363 |
| 27 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10410 |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Snow: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snow in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2015: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snow | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew some siding off a house. A tree blown down by the wind fell onto the house. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snow | $15,000 | Trees were damaged by strong thunderstorm winds. One tree was blown down onto a mobile home. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snow | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snow | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees between Snow and Finley. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Snow | - | An NWS storm survey determined that a tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees north of town. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Snow | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow over several county roads near Snow. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Snow | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused streams to overflow their banks around Snow. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Snow | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Snow | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Snow | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Snow | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Snow | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Snow | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Snow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7548129 | The 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 1100836. 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.







