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Tonnece, Oklahoma

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Colcord census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74338. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee City quadrangle.

Tonnece within Delaware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Tonnece between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,560 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning18
Natural4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2000Natural31 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 2011Debris and open burning20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30433
28 August 2000Smoking13 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 July 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30382
27 July 2011Arson/incendiarism300 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30376

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tonnece: 1 unknown, 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
Cherokee City Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Row4.2 miles18
Colcord4.4 miles18
West Siloam Springs7.3 miles19
Beckwith7.7 miles19
Dripping Springs7.9 miles19
Flint8.1 miles19
Cloud Creek8.4 miles19
Oak Hill-Piney9.2 miles18

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 Q122555962The 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 1100892. 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.