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Whitehorn Cove, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wagoner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74467. It stands on Jane Dennis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Point quadrangle. 1,201 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 643 feet above sea level.

Whitehorn Cove within Wagoner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Whitehorn Cove between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,381 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 35 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/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 2000Natural11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresCherokee Nation TribeMONK LOG
29 August 2011Debris and open burning11 acresCherokee Nation TribeDOG LEG
15 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wagoner County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Whitehorn Cove: 6 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wagoner 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
Toppers2.8 miles18
Rocky Point3.2 miles16
Yonkers3.6 miles16
Taylor Ferry4.0 miles18
Leliaetta4.9 miles16
Wagoner5.7 miles18
Neodesha8.8 miles16
Mallard Bay9.8 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Whitehorn CoveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q108365256The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805335. 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.