Torpedo, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pawhuska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74003. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woolaroc quadrangle.

Torpedo within Osage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1909 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:125000
1910 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Woolaroc quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

99 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Torpedo between 2002 and 2020, burning about 26,398 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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
Debris and open burning	32
Arson/incendiarism	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Power generation/transmission/distribution	14
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Firearms and explosives use	2
Smoking	1
Fireworks	1

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
4 September 2012	Natural	1.1 acres	Osage Agency	HOPPER 1
28 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Osage Agency	JIMMY
31 August 2014	Power generation/transmission/distribution	80 acres	Osage Agency	J. HUGHS
20 August 2016	Debris and open burning	6.2 acres	Osage Agency	JOSEPH
9 July 2013	Smoking	under an acre	Osage Agency	BED
5 July 2011	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Osage Agency	NORTH JUMP
28 July 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Osage Agency	BRIDGE
23 July 2009	Arson/incendiarism	13 acres	Osage Agency	BLACK JACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage 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 Torpedo: 8 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
(Facility) Bartlesville Smelter/Refinery	Zinc, Cadmium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid	Plant
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Osage 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fite	1.9 miles	13
Okesa	5.0 miles	14
Woolaroc	5.9 miles	13
Kiheki	9.9 miles	14
Bowring	11.2 miles	12
Tallant	11.9 miles	13
Oak Ridge	12.3 miles	12
Nelagoney	12.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100893. 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.