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Virgil, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Towson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74756. It stands on Dixon Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hugo Dam quadrangle.

Virgil within Choctaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Virgil between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,674 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10535
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2006Naturalunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry410
13 September 2002Smoking3.8 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10443
26 August 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10525
23 August 2011Arson/incendiarism17 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10484

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Virgil: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Two State Crushing Co Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Choctaw Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Green Construction Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Choctaw County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Virgil in 1 storm report in 2016: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016Tornado (EFU)Virgil-Storm chasers and storm spotters observed this tornado, which developed during the life cycle of the Hugo Lake tornado from the same supercell updraft. This tornado was observed to be to the south of the other tornado. The NWS damage survey team could find no damage in the area where this tornado was suspected to be, as it was either over Lake Hugo or in the marsh land on the east side of the lake. Both areas were inaccessible, and therefore, no damage was known to exist from which a damage rating could be determined.

Every storm recorded in Choctaw 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
Sawyer3.9 miles15
Apple4.4 miles16
Messer4.8 miles15
Spencerville5.2 miles15
Fallon5.3 miles9
High Hill6.4 miles15
West Fort Towson6.6 miles15
Fort Towson7.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100912. 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.