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Squaretop, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Anadarko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73005. The Survey maps it on the Anadarko West quadrangle.

Squaretop within Caddo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

236 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Squaretop between 1998 and 2020, burning about 5,804 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 33 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 burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use36
Arson/incendiarism33
Fireworks20
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Natural8
Other causes5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2016Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyMASON
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAnadarko AgencySTELLA-ELLIS-907
8 September 2007Natural1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyDUMBO
7 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyAUDO- CRASH
7 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyKODOKITA-531
6 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresAnadarko AgencyWARE
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAnadarko AgencyTWIN CITY FIRE
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAnadarko AgencyFORT COBB FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caddo County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Squaretop: 5 past producers. None of them 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
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Caddo 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
Washita2.8 miles13
Anadarko3.1 miles9
Apache Wye3.6 miles13
Indian City4.8 miles9
Fort Cobb7.3 miles13
Gracemont8.1 miles13
Stecker8.2 miles11
Broxton8.4 miles11

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 Q122566936The 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 1098467. 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.