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Tyrola, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Northwest Pontotoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74820. The Survey maps it on the Vamoosa quadrangle.

Tyrola within Pontotoc County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

51 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Tyrola between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2,398 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresWewoka AgencyHILL
8 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWewoka AgencyFELONY 3
7 August 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWewoka AgencyFELONY 4
6 August 2008Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresWewoka AgencyBRICK HOUSE
31 August 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresChickasaw AgencyFULKERSON
30 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use41 acresWewoka Agency1410 ROAD
2 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresChickasaw AgencyPARKS
24 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWewoka AgencyWELDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pontotoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Tyrola: 12 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mobile Materals Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pontotoc 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
Byng3.5 miles16
Francis5.8 miles13
Oakman6.6 miles13
Bebee6.6 miles12
Union Hill6.9 miles12
Hird7.0 miles16
Oil Center7.3 miles12
Maxwell7.9 miles13

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 Q122555408The 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 1100903. 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.