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Vamoosa, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Konawa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74849. The Survey maps it on the Vamoosa quadrangle. It stands 922 feet above sea level.

Vamoosa within Seminole 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

126 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Vamoosa between 1996 and 2020, burning about 9,864 acres in total. None started naturally. 42 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 burning49
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Smoking1
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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresWewoka AgencyHILL
4 September 2015Debris and open burning9.0 acresWewoka AgencyPOND 2
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresWewoka AgencyOLD 99
14 September 2011Debris and open burning1.1 acresWewoka AgencySTEPPE
11 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresEastern Oklahoma Regional OfficeKERNEL
8 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use725 acresWewoka AgencyJIMBOY
8 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWewoka AgencyFELONY 3
7 August 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWewoka AgencyFELONY 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Vamoosa: 17 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dolese Company Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dolese Company Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Konawa Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Three Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Two Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and GravelSand 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

Every working recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vamoosa in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2026: 2 tornado, 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
November 2024Tornado (EF1)Vamoosa$20,000A property owner reported that a tornado cut a trail through a wooded area on their property northeast of Konawa. Fifteen to twenty trees were reported snapped or uprooted.
October 2019Tornado (EF1)Vamoosa$10,000Several wooden power poles were snapped and trees were damaged along County Road EW 1400 to the west of State Highway 99. The tornado moved east and then turned northeast after crossing State Highway 99 where additional tree damage was observed. Other potential portions of this tornado path were also in areas inaccessible by road.
April 2026HailVamoosa-Maximum hail size increased from quarter to ping pong ball during the event time. The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindVamoosa-Estimated wind gust.

Every storm recorded in Seminole 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
Konawa4.7 miles13
Wolf7.1 miles10
Sasakwa8.1 miles13
Sealy9.1 miles13
Bowlegs11.1 miles11
Maud11.5 miles13
New Lima13.5 miles9
Lima13.5 miles9

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 VamoosaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q107472628The 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 1099215. 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.