Ward, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Spiro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74959. The Survey maps it on the Panama quadrangle.

Ward within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Panama quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Panama quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Ward between 1992 and 2017, burning about 463 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Debris and open burning	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
30 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
27 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
31 July 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	72 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20414
25 July 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20403
4 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	20259
4 April 2001	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
4 April 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	17 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
14 April 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ward: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore 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
Cowlington	2.6 miles	16
Sunset Corner	2.8 miles	14
Stony Point	3.2 miles	16
Tucker	4.6 miles	16
Bokoshe	4.7 miles	16
Coal Creek	4.8 miles	14
Bedwell	5.4 miles	14
Panama	5.6 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100918. 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.