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Touzalin, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Ellis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73858. The Survey maps it on the Shattuck quadrangle.

Touzalin within Ellis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Touzalin between 2007 and 2010, burning about 849 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined750 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1/2 E OF CR29 AND 3004
13 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 February 2008Equipment and vehicle use65 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 February 2009Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGOSSETT

Every fire recorded in Ellis County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Touzalin: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ellis 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
Shattuck6.4 miles9
Goodwin9.7 miles8
Catesby11.0 miles8
Gage11.6 miles8
Chaney12.1 miles8
Arnett17.3 miles8
Fargo18.8 miles8
Harmon25.5 miles9

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 Q122557875The 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 1100894. 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.