BlockWest Point, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Stillwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74032. The Survey maps it on the West Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS Ripley quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Ripley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Enid quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS West Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Keystone Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of West Point between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,839 acres in total. None 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Pawnee Agency | CHURCH |
| 30 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,602 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | BATTLE RIDGE |
| 16 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Pawnee Agency | HWY 18 |
| 4 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Pawnee Agency | MOUNT VERNON |
| 3 February 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | STONEWOLF |
| 30 December 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 133 acres | Pawnee Agency | TURNPIKE |
| 24 November 2017 | Smoking | 10 acres | Pawnee Agency | WEST POINT |
| 30 October 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Pawnee Agency | STRIKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of West Point: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bethel West | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Malachite | |
| Council Creek | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Unknown Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| West Point Sse | Copper | Occurrence | 1975 | |
| West Point-Northeast | Copper | Occurrence | 1985 |
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 1100934. 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.