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Thompson Corner, Oklahoma

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Tahlequah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74464. It lies near Brown Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Thompson Corner quadrangle.

Thompson Corner within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

312 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Thompson Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,159 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 84 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/incendiarism84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Debris and open burning74
Equipment and vehicle use23
Natural21
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
8 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism50 acresCherokee Nation TribeTAHLEQUAH CEMETERY
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30469
4 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30478

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 Thompson Corner: 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

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thompson Corner in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Tornado (EF1)Thompson Corner$10,000This tornado developed west of Baker Road and south of Grandview Road. It moved east-northeast, uprooting numerous trees and damaging an outbuilding. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.

Every storm 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
Gabriel1.3 miles20
Shady Grove2.1 miles20
Hulbert3.3 miles20
Norwood5.2 miles20
Woodall5.6 miles20
Metory5.7 miles20
Lost City5.8 miles20
Green Country Estates5.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100883. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.