Union Hill, Oklahoma

12 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 Vanoss quadrangle.

Union Hill within Pontotoc 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.

1901 USGS Stonewall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Vanoss quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

36 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,366 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Other causes	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
20 September 2007	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Chickasaw Agency	HENDERSON
12 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	BAILER
10 August 2012	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.8 acres	Chickasaw Agency	TRIBAL HOUSING 2
9 July 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	JOHN DEERE
28 July 2008	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	SANDY 3540
5 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	BURNBARREL
30 March 2014	Debris and open burning	60 acres	Chickasaw Agency	HENDERSON FIRE
3 March 2009	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Wewoka Agency	WILD HOG 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pontotoc County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Union Hill: 14 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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	Recorded
Lawrence Cement Plant	Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium	Producer
Ada West	Copper	Occurrence	1973
Lewis Spring	Copper	Occurrence	1929
Four Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mobile Materals Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bebee	2.1 miles	12
Pickett	2.9 miles	12
Center	3.1 miles	12
Oil Center	4.4 miles	12
Gaar Corner	5.4 miles	12
Ada	5.7 miles	16
Byng	5.9 miles	16
Hird	6.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1099166. 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.