Wilson, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Henryetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74447. The Survey maps it on the Okmulgee Lake quadrangle. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Wilson within Okmulgee County

On record in Wilson

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Wilson Schoollisted 1981 · 0.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1901 USGS Nuyaka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Okmulgee Lake quadrangle1:24000
1990 USGS Bristow quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

66 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Wilson between 2003 and 2020, burning about 7,805 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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	25
Debris and open burning	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Fireworks	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Natural	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
30 September 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Okmulgee Field Office	MONTEZUMA CREEK
20 September 2004	Debris and open burning	250 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	OKM SUPPOR
19 September 2004	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	LHE
1 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	2.9 acres	Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge	GIBBONS RANCH FIRE
24 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	127 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	SALT CREEK
23 July 2011	Fireworks	8.0 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	BIRD CREEK
23 July 2011	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Okmulgee Field Office	WILSON 2
11 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge	HYW 75 FIRES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okmulgee 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 Wilson: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown Sandstone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Okmulgee 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
Schulter	4.2 miles	14
Spelter City	5.1 miles	16
Coalton	5.1 miles	16
Henryetta	5.4 miles	16
Dewar	6.0 miles	16
Brundidge	7.0 miles	14
Kusa	7.1 miles	16
Sunrise	7.1 miles	16

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 Wilson	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q49370900	The 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 1099875. 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.