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Sobol, Oklahoma

17 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 74735. The Survey maps it on the Sobol quadrangle.

Sobol within Pushmataha 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Sobol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,436 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 76 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/incendiarism76
Debris and open burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use26
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10548
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresTalihina AgencyRUFE
7 September 2013Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined170 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySOBOL
7 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance107 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10475
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10422

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pushmataha 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 Sobol: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Four Unnamed Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H D Youngman Construction Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pushmataha County

Storms near this place

8 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sobol in 8 storm reports between 2006 and 2015: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2015Thunderstorm WindSobol-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindSobol-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindSobol-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down.
March 2008HailSobol-no account filed
September 2007HailSobol-no account filed
September 2007HailSobol-no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindSobol-no account filed
June 2006HailSobol-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pushmataha 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
North Sobol1.7 miles17
Corinne3.3 miles15
Burwell4.9 miles17
Oleta6.2 miles15
Pine Knot Crossing7.9 miles17
Rattan9.6 miles16
Cloudy10.0 miles15
Belzoni12.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100837. 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.