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Wybark, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muskogee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74403. It stands on Verdigris River. The Survey maps it on the Northeast Muskogee quadrangle.

Wybark within Muskogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Wybark between 1993 and 2017, burning about 498 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3

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
31 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
20 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
18 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30377
1 August 2012Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40307
5 April 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry40301
26 February 2012Arson/incendiarism60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30087
26 December 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry31049
26 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined357 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Wybark: 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Arkhola #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkhola Mine #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkhola Roberts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cherokee Co Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arkola Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clay Davault PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frank Livingston Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sinor Sand Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wybark in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2013Tornado (EF0)Wybark$25,000This is the first segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado damaged a center-pivot irrigation system, snapped large tree limbs, damaged a permanent home, and damaged barns. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 80 to 85 mph. This tornado moved into Wagoner County and dissipated.

Every storm recorded in Muskogee 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
Hyde Park2.1 miles18
Bacone3.1 miles18
Fort Gibson4.4 miles18
Muskogee4.8 miles19
Shopton6.0 miles19
West Muskogee6.7 miles18
Grandview Heights7.0 miles19
Creek Agency (historical)7.7 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.

Wikidata item Q122540317The 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 1100951. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.