Uncas, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kaw City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74647. It stands on Possum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Uncas quadrangle.

Uncas within Kay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1935 USGS Kaw quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Uncas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Pawhuska quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Uncas between 2005 and 2018, burning about 416 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	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
11 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	386 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	BRAKE ROAD
10 February 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12 acres	Pawnee Agency	KILDARE 2
5 December 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Osage Agency	FROZEN
4 January 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Osage Agency	E. KILDARE
17 January 2006	Natural	15 acres	Pawnee Agency	DEAD CALF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kay 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 Uncas: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Otto Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pits	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Kay 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
Kaw Agency (historical)	4.2 miles	14
Washunga	4.9 miles	14
Kaw City	5.7 miles	14
McFadden Cove	6.3 miles	15
Kildare	6.4 miles	11
Newkirk	8.9 miles	11
Ponca City	10.3 miles	11
Hardy	14.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1099143. 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.