BlockSugar Creek, Oklahoma
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Heavener census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74937. It stands on Line Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bates quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1887 USGS Poteau Mountain #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bates quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Bates quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,668 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 37 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 1,000 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | COWSKIN CANYON |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 1997 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BEECH |
| 9 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20427 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 1101678. 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.