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Stecker, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Apache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73006. The Survey maps it on the Apache quadrangle. It stands 1,352 feet above sea level.

Stecker within Caddo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

94 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Stecker between 1998 and 2020, burning about 3,820 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 burning29
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism12
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Other causes3
Smoking1
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
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined110 acresAnadarko AgencyPORK RIND
24 September 2012Arson/incendiarism615 acresAnadarko AgencyHOG CREEK # 2
21 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution90 acresAnadarko AgencyDEAD PIGEON
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAnadarko AgencyFIRE DANCE
16 September 2016Other causes1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyPOTBELLY 2
16 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresAnadarko AgencyFIRE DANCE
15 September 2013Debris and open burning122 acresAnadarko AgencyKIOWA-2468-68
8 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAnadarko AgencyLAFERTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caddo County

Storms near this place

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stecker in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
October 2017Tornado (EF1)Stecker$10,000This tornado developed just west of County Road 2660 near County Road 1420 and moved northeast. Barns were significantly damaged along County Road 2660 and another along State Highway 8. Trees were snapped along the entire path. The tornado moved northeast to near County Road 1400 east of State Highway 8, and then turned east-southeast and dissipated soon after snapping more trees along County Road 2680.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindStecker$5,000Social media images showing multiple wooden power poles snapped and a large tree limb blown down. Time is radar estimated and location is approximate.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindStecker$5,000Trees downed and outbuildings damaged.
June 2007Flash FloodStecker$5,000County Road 1420, 1.25 miles of HWY 281, was closed due to water over a bridge. Monetary damages were estimated.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindStecker$5,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindStecker$10Two inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindStecker-Apache (APAC) Mesonet observation.
May 2024HailStecker-Social media image with caliper measurement. Evidence that the hailstone had undergone prior melting. Time is radar estimated.
May 2024HailStecker-MPing report. Time adjusted based on radar imagery.
May 2024HailStecker-Relayed through Spotter Network.
September 2023HailStecker-MPing report.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindStecker-no account filed
October 2021Thunderstorm WindStecker-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindStecker-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindStecker-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindStecker-no account filed
October 2017Thunderstorm WindStecker-no account filed
May 2015HailStecker-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindStecker-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindStecker-no account filed
October 2010HailStecker-no account filed
November 1996HailStecker-no account filed
September 1993HailStecker-no account filed

Every storm 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
Apache5.1 miles11
Broxton5.3 miles11
Apache Wye6.3 miles13
Hatchetville6.9 miles11
Indian City7.3 miles9
Cyril7.4 miles13
Pine Ridge7.9 miles13
Squaretop8.2 miles13

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 SteckerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7605579The 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 1098511. 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.