White Oak, Oklahoma
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the South Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74451. It lies near Sellers Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Qualls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1905 USGS Muscogee quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Webbers Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Webbers Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Webbers Falls NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Qualls quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Muskogee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
488 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 488 fires within 5 miles of White Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,052 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 243 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 | 243 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 141 |
| Debris and open burning | 60 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30550 |
| 20 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of White Oak: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualls | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Pettit | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pettit Bay | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Cookson | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Keys | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Wildcat Point | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Zeb | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Manard | 7.6 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100936. 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.











