BlockWeathers, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hartshorne-Haileyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74560. It stands on Bolen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Counts quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1898 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 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
- 1973 USGS Counts quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
220 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Weathers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82,054 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 105 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 | 105 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 165 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20402 |
| 22 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20237 |
| 15 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weathers in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weathers | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weathers | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple trees in and around Rattan. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Weathers | - | This is the third of three segments of this tornado, which developed in northeastern Atoka County and moved across northwestern Pushmataha County. In Pittsburg County, this tornado snapped or uprooted a number of trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this tree damage was about 105 mph. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Weathers | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow over a small bridge and pasture land to be flooded. Some cattle were stranded. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Weathers | - | Heavy rain caused Jack Fork Creek to rise out of its banks. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Weathers | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over a road south of Weathers. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Weathers | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Weathers | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Weathers | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weathers | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weathers | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Weathers | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100926. 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.
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.