Witcher, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Oklahoma City Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73013. The Survey maps it on the Spencer quadrangle.

Witcher within Oklahoma County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

1892 USGS Edmond quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Edmond quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Edmond quadrangle1:48000
1935 USGS Spencer quadrangle1:24000
1940 USGS Edmond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Spencer quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Spencer quadrangle1:24000
1990 USGS Oklahoma City North quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Spencer quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Witcher in 2011, burning about 2,192 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2,192 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	63RD STREET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oklahoma 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 Witcher: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Edmond Pit and Plant	Clay	Producer
Pit No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknow Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Oklahoma 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
Lake Aluma	4.0 miles	17
Edmond	5.0 miles	14
Spencer	5.5 miles	17
Britton	6.1 miles	19
Forest Park	6.3 miles	17
Green Pastures	6.8 miles	15
Arcadia	7.2 miles	14
The Village	7.2 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100946. 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.