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Stephens Gap, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North McCurtain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74728. It stands on Stephens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stephens Gap quadrangle.

Stephens Gap within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Stephens Gap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,910 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 104 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/incendiarism104
Missing data/not specified/undetermined96
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresOuachita National ForestBEE CREEK
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTalihina Agency0425
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTalihina Agency0426
29 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10413
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10574

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stephens Gap: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Hochatown ProspectManganeseProspect1941

Every working recorded in McCurtain 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
Hochatown2.8 miles15
Tiner8.8 miles17
Steel Junction9.0 miles15
Broken Bow9.1 miles17
Oak Hill10.8 miles15
Eagletown10.8 miles16
North Pole11.0 miles15
Mount Herman11.9 miles19

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 Q122539658The 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 1777841. 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.