The Holy City, Oklahoma
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Northwest Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73507. It lies near Mount Roosevelt. The Survey maps it on the Mount Scott quadrangle.
On record in The Holy City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Holy City of the Wichitas Historic Districtlisted 2019 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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
- 1949 USGS Mount Scott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Cache quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Mount Scott quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1981 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mount Scott quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Mount Scott quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of The Holy City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 87,834 acres in total. 38 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 79 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | QUANAH |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | FTSILL9/7 |
| 7 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | BURNT TRUC |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | 137 acres | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | JED STRIKE |
| 6 September 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | PARALLEL FOREST |
| 5 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | ARSON1 |
| 3 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge | DORISCF2 |
| 27 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Anadarko Agency | RHOADES RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of The Holy City: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, Copper, Copper, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain-1 | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1909, 1915 | |
| Hardin Prospect-1 | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1902, 1903, 1909 | |
| Parker Prospect | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1902, 1907, 1912 | |
| Three Boys Claim | Copper, Nickel | Past Producer | 1902, 1903 | |
| Unknown Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clark and Bennett Prospect | Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Pearson Prospect | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | 1904, 1906 | |
| Buckhorn Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | 1903, 1904 | |
| Hardin Prospect-2 | Copper | Past Producer | 1902, 1904 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meers | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cache Wye | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Lawtonka Acres | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Medicine Park | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Duhringe Pass | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Indiahoma Wye | 6.9 miles | 24 | |
| Cache | 8.1 miles | 24 | |
| Four Mile Crossing | 8.6 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 Q122568915 | 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 1100376. 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.








