Vining, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Alfalfa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73749. It stands on Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Manchester SW quadrangle.

Vining within Alfalfa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1955 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1969 USGS Manchester SW quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Vining between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,862 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	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
31 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge	SOUTH SPILLWAY
25 July 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge	TRANSFORM
9 June 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge	OKSLR-FY20-WF-CANAL FIRE
20 June 2011	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge	JET REC
25 May 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge	CR700 FIRE
10 May 2008	Other causes	under an acre	Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge	JET REC RV
5 April 2011	Smoking	under an acre	Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge	HWY 11
4 April 2018	Debris and open burning	200 acres	Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge	JET FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alfalfa County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Vining: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Great Salt Plains-1	Copper	Occurrence	1973
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Alfalfa 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
Nescatunga	1.2 miles	8
Jet	7.1 miles	10
Cherokee	10.2 miles	8
Byron	11.5 miles	8
Ingersoll	12.4 miles	8
Amorita	12.8 miles	8
Driftwood	12.9 miles	8
Yewed	14.3 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100911. 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.