Yanush, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the South Latimer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74574. The Survey maps it on the Yanush quadrangle.
On record in Yanush
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 1 record
Cupco Churchlisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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 Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Yanush quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
602 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 602 fires within 5 miles of Yanush between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26,572 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 236 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 | 236 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 162 |
| Debris and open burning | 111 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Talihina Agency | ANDERSON C |
| 30 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Talihina Agency | CAMP FIRE |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10560 |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10373 |
| 27 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yanush: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yanush in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 21 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $35,000 | Thunderstorm wind resulted in at least $35,000 in damage to the utility infrastructure across the county during this severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour destroyed a barn in Buffalo Valley. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Yanush | $5,000 | ,,,,,,,,TSTM Wind |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $1,500 | A large tree was blown over and the skirting was blown off of a mobile home near Yanush. The windows were blown out of a home on Sardis Lake. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down and a porch of a home in Yanush was damaged by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $500 | There was tree damage north of Yanush. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Yanush | - | A tornado that apparently developed over Sardis Lake uprooted a few trees and snapped numerous large tree limbs. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 85 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several large tree limbs. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few large trees 2 miles north of Albion. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm wind estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Yanush | - | Nickel size hail occurred 3 miles northeast of Albion. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Yanush | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow over numerous county roads east and west of Yanush. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Yanush | - | An F0 tornado touched down briefly just southeast of Yanush. No damage was reported. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Yanush | - | Location: on the Latimer/Pushmataha county line |
| April 1999 | Hail | Yanush | - | Location: Buffalo Valley |
| January 2023 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| October 2019 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Yanush | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Q122569033 | 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 1100036. 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.









