Washita, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Anadarko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73005. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anadarko West quadrangle. 83 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Fort Cobb quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Anadarko West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Anadarko quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
206 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Washita between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,504 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | STELLA-ELLIS-907 |
| 8 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | DUMBO |
| 7 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | KODOKITA-531 |
| 7 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | TONKOWA |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | WARE |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | TWIN CITY FIRE |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | FORT COBB FIRE |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Anadarko Agency | APACHE WYE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Washita: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washita in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 11 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Hail | Washita | - | The hail was reported by the Caddo Nation emergency manager at Highway 9 and county road 2620. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Washita | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squaretop | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Apache Wye | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Cobb | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Anadarko | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Nowhere | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gracemont | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Indian City | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Ridge | 8.2 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Washita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7972611 | 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 1099413. 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.




