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Star, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Keota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74941. The Survey maps it on the Robert S Kerr Dam quadrangle.

Star within Haskell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Star between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3,212 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresCherokee Nation TribeBLACKBEAR
23 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20355
21 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use170 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20364
18 July 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30515
30 June 2016Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 May 2016Arson/incendiarism40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTalihina AgencyFOLLET MTN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haskell County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Star: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale & Sandstone PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
H D Youngman Contr San & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone & Shale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Haskell County

Storms near this place

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Star in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 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
March 2006Thunderstorm WindStar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Haskell 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
Red Hill4.7 miles14
Keota4.9 miles14
Cartersville5.6 miles16
Ironbridge7.0 miles15
Tamaha8.6 miles16
Garland9.9 miles14
McCurtain12.5 miles15
Panther14.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100851. 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.