BlockStanley, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Pushmataha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74536. It stands on Crumb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stanley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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 Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 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 Stanley quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
241 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Stanley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,673 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 128 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 | 128 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Talihina Agency | CRUM CREEK LOOP |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10565 |
| 27 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanley in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 3 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Hail | Stanley | $15,000 | no account filed |
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines southwest of Clayton, resulting in a temporary road closure. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanley | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs in and around Stanley. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Stanley | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Stanley | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100849. 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.
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.