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Tip, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Adair census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74361. The Survey maps it on the Salina quadrangle.

Tip within Mayes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Tip between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,288 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
28 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 2001Arson/incendiarism25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 June 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30257
11 May 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2013Arson/incendiarism80 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mayes 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 Tip: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Saline Creek PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mayes County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tip in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTip$100,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged and destroyed boat docks, and blew down trees.
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Tip$25,000A tornado uprooted numerous trees, blew down power poles, and destroyed several outbuildings. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
June 2023Tornado (EF1)Tip-This tornado uprooted trees, and snapped numerous large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
May 2015Flash FloodTip-North 4830 Road was washed out south of the E 480 Road.

Every storm recorded in Mayes 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
Hoot Owl3.4 miles16
Salina4.3 miles15
Strang5.0 miles15
Green6.1 miles15
Boatman6.4 miles15
Adair7.5 miles15
Pryor7.6 miles16
Pensacola7.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100888. 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.