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Taylor Ferry, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wagoner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74467. It stands on Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wagoner East quadrangle.

Taylor Ferry within Wagoner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

59 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Taylor Ferry between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,596 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2
Smoking1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 2000Natural11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30443
15 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 August 2011Arson/incendiarism60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40308
23 July 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30359
10 July 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wagoner County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Taylor Ferry: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wagoner 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
Toppers2.4 miles18
Whitehorn Cove4.0 miles16
Wagoner4.9 miles18
Mallard Bay5.8 miles18
Rocky Point6.4 miles16
Gibson6.4 miles18
Okay6.8 miles18
Leliaetta6.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1098772. 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.