West Seneca, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wyandotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74370. It lies near Modoc Valley. The Survey maps it on the Seneca quadrangle.

West Seneca within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1907 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1949 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of West Seneca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,131 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 14 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 burning	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Arson/incendiarism	14
Natural	9
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Other causes	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 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	38 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 September 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Miami Agency	MODOC
7 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	200 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30427
30 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
20 July 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Miami Agency	INTERTRIBAL
17 July 2020	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	230836-07355-07172020-1544
10 July 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Miami Agency	BLUEJACKET
8 May 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.4 acres	Miami Agency	EAST BUNKER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of West Seneca: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite. 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
Seneca Standard Tripoli Mine	Diatomite	Producer
Unknown - Zn & Pb	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Potwin & Holmes Mine	Lead	Past Producer
Sibley Diggings	Lead	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ottawa 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
Eastside	5.7 miles	14
Peoria	6.0 miles	14
Wyandotte	6.3 miles	14
Kellyville	6.8 miles	14
Oak Grove	7.4 miles	14
Ottawa	9.0 miles	16
Moreville	9.8 miles	16
Lincolnville	10.4 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1763738. 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.