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.
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.
- 1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Robert S Kerr Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1993Regional 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/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | BLACKBEAR |
| 23 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20355 |
| 21 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 170 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20364 |
| 18 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30515 |
| 30 June 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Talihina Agency | FOLLET MTN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale & Sandstone Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| H D Youngman Contr San & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone & Shale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Star | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Keota | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cartersville | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ironbridge | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Tamaha | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Garland | 9.9 miles | 14 | |
| McCurtain | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Panther | 14.1 miles | 15 |
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.







