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Tailholt, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the East Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74471. It lies near Sugar Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Tailholt quadrangle.

Tailholt within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

504 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 504 fires within 5 miles of Tailholt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,278 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 255 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/incendiarism255
Missing data/not specified/undetermined124
Debris and open burning76
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30547
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 1998Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30486
17 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee 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 Tailholt: 1 past producer. 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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Etta2.4 miles18
Tenkiller2.7 miles18
Welling4.2 miles19
Carters Landing4.3 miles18
Caney Ridge5.4 miles18
Barber5.6 miles18
Eldon6.3 miles18
Wildcat Point6.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1098726. 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.