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Tucker, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Spiro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74959. It stands on Tucker Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Muldrow SW quadrangle.

Tucker within Le Flore County

On record in Tucker

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Tucker between 1993 and 2014, burning about 340 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Equipment and vehicle use30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30539
27 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20355
7 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30261
2 March 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20130
22 February 2004Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30110
18 February 2014Debris and open burning15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tucker: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tucker in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2012Thunderstorm WindTucker-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
April 2014HailTucker-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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
Cowlington2.0 miles16
Ward4.6 miles14
Stony Point4.8 miles16
Sunset Corner5.5 miles14
Spiro7.3 miles14
Fort Coffee7.8 miles15
Skullyville8.2 miles14
Bokoshe8.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1098995. 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.