Spencerville, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Towson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74756. The Survey maps it on the Spencerville quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
On record in Spencerville
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
- Spencerville School Campuslisted 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
- 1971 USGS Spencerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
220 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Spencerville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,150 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 87 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/incendiarism | 87 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10535 |
| 7 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 170 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | SOBOL |
| 7 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 107 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Talihina Agency | SE478 |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Spencerville: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two State Crushing Co Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Choctaw Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| County Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Four Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Green Construction Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| H D Youngman Construction Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spencerville in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees across the northern part of Choctaw County, near the town of Spencerville. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencerville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a few trees down. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Spencerville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Hill | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Apple | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Virgil | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Messer | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sawyer | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| West Fort Towson | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Towson | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fallon | 10.4 miles | 9 |
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 Spencerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7576251 | 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 1098356. 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.







