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Toppers, 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. The Survey maps it on the Wagoner East quadrangle. 911 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 607 feet above sea level.

Toppers 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Toppers between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1,457 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
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
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
28 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30262
25 June 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30254
18 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30247

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wagoner County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Toppers: 7 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 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
Taylor Ferry2.4 miles18
Whitehorn Cove2.8 miles16
Wagoner3.3 miles18
Rocky Point4.1 miles16
Leliaetta4.5 miles16
Yonkers6.2 miles16
Gibson7.2 miles18
Mallard Bay7.8 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.

Wikipedia article on ToppersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7825111The 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 1098948. 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.