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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.

Washita within Caddo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

206 since 1997

Regional 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 burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use31
Arson/incendiarism28
Fireworks15
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAnadarko AgencySTELLA-ELLIS-907
8 September 2007Natural1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyDUMBO
7 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyKODOKITA-531
7 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAnadarko AgencyTONKOWA
6 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresAnadarko AgencyWARE
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAnadarko AgencyTWIN CITY FIRE
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAnadarko AgencyFORT COBB FIRE
5 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAnadarko AgencyAPACHE WYE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caddo 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Caddo County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009HailWashita-The hail was reported by the Caddo Nation emergency manager at Highway 9 and county road 2620.
April 2019HailWashita-no account filed
May 2018HailWashita-no account filed
May 2016HailWashita-no account filed
May 2015HailWashita-no account filed
May 2013HailWashita-no account filed
May 2013HailWashita-no account filed
May 2013HailWashita-no account filed
April 2006HailWashita-no account filed
April 2006HailWashita-no account filed
May 1999HailWashita-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Caddo 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
Squaretop2.8 miles13
Apache Wye4.2 miles13
Fort Cobb5.0 miles13
Anadarko5.6 miles9
Nowhere6.6 miles12
Gracemont7.3 miles13
Indian City7.6 miles9
Pine Ridge8.2 miles13

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 WashitaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7972611The 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.