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Southard, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Watonga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73763. The Survey maps it on the Southard quadrangle. It stands 1,545 feet above sea level.

Southard within Blaine County

On record in Southard

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

16 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Southard between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,831 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresConcho Field OfficeHAIGLER #2
25 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreConcho Field OfficeBAREFOOT
1 July 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeBIRDSHEAD
8 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresConcho Field OfficeBROWN
7 June 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeYIOLA
3 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresConcho Field OfficeHARMON
15 June 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreConcho Field OfficeCAMPER
10 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeKEPHART

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Southard: 35 producers, 6 past producers, 1 prospect. 35 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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
Volcanic Ash ProspectPumice, BentoniteProspect
United States Gypsum Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Siltstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Volcanic Ash PitPumicePast Producer
Unknown Volcanic Ash PitPumicePast Producer
Unknown Volcanic Ash PitPumicePast Producer
Okeene MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Oklahoma Gypsum Company PitGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Southard Mine & PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
United States Gypsum Company PitGypsum-AnhydriteProducer

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southard in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
August 2001Thunderstorm WindSouthard$500One power pole was downed.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindSouthard$400A couple of trees were uprooted as a result of the strong wind. Monetary damages were estimated.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindSouthard$10Four-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
May 2024HailSouthard-MPing report.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSouthard-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
April 1999HailSouthard-no account filed
July 1997HailSouthard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Carlton3.6 miles8
Carleton3.7 miles8
Darrow5.5 miles9
Canton6.0 miles8
Longdale6.7 miles8
Homestead7.8 miles8
Hitchcock9.0 miles7
Okeene9.4 miles8

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 SouthardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16900387The 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 1098285. 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.