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Yonkers, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wagoner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74352. It stands on Big Hollow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Point quadrangle.

Yonkers within Wagoner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Yonkers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,117 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 69 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/incendiarism69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresCherokee Nation TribeMONK LOG
24 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 1998Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wagoner County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Yonkers: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown 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, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wagoner County

Storms near this place

3 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yonkers in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2013Thunderstorm WindYonkers$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees. One fell onto a mobile home in the White Horn Cove area.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindYonkers-no account filed
April 1995HailYonkers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wagoner 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
Whitehorn Cove3.6 miles16
Rocky Point3.9 miles16
Leliaetta6.2 miles16
Toppers6.2 miles18
Taylor Ferry7.6 miles18
Wagoner8.6 miles18
Neodesha9.2 miles16
Mallard Bay13.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100955. 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.