BlockWadena, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Antlers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74557. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunbar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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 Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 1912 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:125000
- 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
- 1972 USGS Dunbar quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Wadena between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,658 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 67 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 | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10323 |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Talihina Agency | 0442 |
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10533 |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Talihina Agency | SE563 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100914. 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.