Taupa, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lawton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73505. The Survey maps it on the Taupa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1937 USGS Cache quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Cache quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cache quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Taupa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Taupa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Taupa between 2005 and 2019, burning about 4,754 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | Anadarko Agency | QUAIL SPRINGS FIRE |
| 5 July 2014 | Fireworks | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | ROCKET R |
| 4 July 2005 | Fireworks | 10 acres | Anadarko Agency | TEX |
| 11 July 2009 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | QUAIL SPRINGS |
| 1 July 2009 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | F.B. |
| 23 June 2010 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | SOPAPITTY |
| 7 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | RED ELK |
| 24 April 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | GRIFFIN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Taupa: 16 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wolf Creek-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1936 | |
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery Village | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Kiowa and Commanche Agency (historical) | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lawton | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cache | 6.5 miles | 24 | |
| Four Mile Crossing | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sneed Acres | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Corral Crossing | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Grenade Crossing | 8.2 miles | 16 |
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 Q122569383 | The 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 1100876. 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.






