Tussy, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Healdton North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73488. It stands on Sandy Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pernell quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1902 USGS Rush Springs quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Pernell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pauls Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Tussy between 2006 and 2010, burning about 47,492 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | SANNER RANCH |
| 26 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.5 acres | Chickasaw Agency | WILDPRATT |
| 22 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.6 acres | Chickasaw Agency | CHRISTIAN |
| 9 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,824 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | RATLIFF CITY/TATUMS |
| 9 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | Chickasaw Agency | LAWN DRUNK |
| 5 March 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Chickasaw Agency | PERKINS FARM |
| 30 March 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Chickasaw Agency | PENNINGTON |
| 1 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 425 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CLAUD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tussy in 1 storm report in 1997: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Hail | Tussy | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratliff City | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Tatums | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pruitt City | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Alpers | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Pooleville | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Pike City (historical) | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fox | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Old Scott | 11.5 miles | 15 |
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 Tussy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7856838 | The 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 1100900. 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.
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.




