BlockVeterans Colony, Oklahoma
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the South Latimer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74578. The Survey maps it on the Damon quadrangle.
On record in Veterans Colony
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Administration Buildinglisted 2010 · 0.3 miles away
Colony Park Pavilionlisted 1988 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Damon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Damon quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
596 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 596 fires within 5 miles of Veterans Colony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37,706 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 313 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 313 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 137 |
| Debris and open burning | 90 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20406 |
| 30 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20431 |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20378 |
| 28 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20381 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Veterans Colony in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF2) | Veterans Colony | $100,000 | A tornado damaged several homes, severely damaged a metal-framed outbuilding, damaged an oil drilling platform, destroyed barns and outbuildings, damaged the Cravens VFD building, and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Based on this damage, estimated maximum wind in the tornado was 115 to 125 mph. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veterans Colony | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a barn and blew down a tree onto a house. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Veterans Colony | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs near the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 2. |
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.
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 Q122595285 | 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 1763658. 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.