Wes, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74020. The Survey maps it on the Keystone Dam quadrangle.

Wes within Pawnee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1912 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000
1915 USGS Hominy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Keystone Dam quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000

Photographs

3 photographs, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

The exit side of the gateway to Pawnee Bill's Ranch in Pawnee, a small city in north-central Oklahoma named for the Pawnee people, was one of the American Indian tribes forcefully removed and marched, mostly on foot, from eastern states to what was called "Indian Territory" on the windy midwest plains in the 1870s
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

A seasonal greeting at Pawnee Bill's Ranch in Pawnee, a small city in north-central Oklahoma named for the Pawnee people, was one of the American Indian tribes forcefully removed and marched, mostly on foot, from eastern states to what was called "Indian Territory" on the windy midwest plains in the 1870s
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Hollywood-style facades along the corral at Pawnee Bill's Ranch a museum and attraction in Pawnee, a small city in north-central Oklahoma named for the Pawnee people, was one of the American Indian tribes removed and force-marched, mostly on foot, from eastern states to "Indian Territory" on the windy midwest plains in the 1870s
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

65 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Wes between 1999 and 2020, burning about 12,967 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 23 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	23
Debris and open burning	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Fireworks	5
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
21 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Osage Agency	BULLBEAR
3 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	134 acres	Osage Agency	MAYDAY
19 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Osage Agency	HIGHWAY99
23 July 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Osage Agency	ROCK CREEK
11 July 2012	Fireworks	110 acres	Osage Agency	TRICKLE
9 April 2010	Debris and open burning	38 acres	Osage Agency	PULARE
6 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	141 acres	Osage Agency	SANDCREEK
2 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,343 acres	Osage Agency	WALLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pawnee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wes: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pawnee 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
Cedar Ridge	0.3 miles	14
Timberlane	0.4 miles	14
Sha-To-She	0.4 miles	14
Leroy	0.7 miles	14
Jubys	1.0 miles	14
Curchece	1.3 miles	14
Peterman Ridge	1.5 miles	14
Shady Grove	1.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1102923. 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.