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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.

White Oak within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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.

Fires near this place

488 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism243
Missing data/not specified/undetermined141
Debris and open burning60
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning24 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30550
20 September 2000Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Qualls0.4 miles19
Pettit4.3 miles18
Pettit Bay4.9 miles18
Cookson5.9 miles19
Keys6.0 miles18
Wildcat Point6.5 miles18
Zeb6.8 miles20
Manard7.6 miles20

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.