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Tabor, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Kellyville-Slick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74010. It stands on Skull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slick quadrangle.

Tabor within Creek County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

21 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Tabor between 2005 and 2018, burning about 21,835 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Other causes1

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
6 April 2008Debris and open burning320 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeBROWN CREEK
18 April 2006Arson/incendiarism200 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSLICK WILLLIE
13 April 2011Debris and open burning160 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSLICK 50
12 April 2011Debris and open burning7.7 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeDEAD COYOTE
9 March 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSIX SHOOTER
29 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeCROSS WINDS
28 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,730 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCHARLIE O'BRIEN FIRE
23 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8,500 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryJACKSON RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tabor: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Creek 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
Slick1.7 miles17
Bristow7.0 miles16
Edna7.3 miles11
Heyburn7.7 miles16
Newby7.8 miles11
Iron Post9.1 miles11
Pulaski9.4 miles16
Bellvue9.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100872. 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.