Watkins, Oklahoma

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.

• 1901 USGS Nuyaka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
• 1914 USGS Kiefer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1916 USGS Kiefer quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
• 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1958 USGS Sapulpa South quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
• 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
• 1990 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Watkins between 2005 and 2017, burning about 241 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Glenpool
• Jenks
• Posey (historical)
• Oakridge
• Bixby
• Oakhurst

Every fire recorded in Tulsa County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Watkins: 17 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Tulsa County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100923. 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.