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Whitmire, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Stilwell West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74960. It lies near England Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Christie quadrangle.

Whitmire within Adair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

449 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 449 fires within 5 miles of Whitmire between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,925 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 201 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/incendiarism201
Missing data/not specified/undetermined119
Debris and open burning71
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking13
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1998Smoking10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30476
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30477
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30588
4 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30488

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair 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 Whitmire: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Addilee Sand and Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Davidson Sand and 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, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adair 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
Christie1.7 miles17
Addielee1.8 miles17
Sanders2.8 miles17
Baron2.9 miles17
Green3.0 miles17
Strawberry Spring3.2 miles17
Going Snake3.4 miles17
West Peavine4.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100937. 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.