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Zafra, Oklahoma

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the South Le Flore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74957. It stands on Murry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zafra quadrangle.

Zafra within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

193 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Zafra between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,318 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 119 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/incendiarism119
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10230
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism850 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20231
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10457
30 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.8 acresTalihina AgencyBEER JOINT
26 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined180 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Zafra: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zafra in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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
April 1998Thunderstorm WindZafra$100Several trees and large tree limbs blown down
April 2014Thunderstorm WindZafra-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Zafra-A brief tornado developed over open country. The tornado resulted in no known damage.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Zafra-A tornado developed and remained over open country, which was inaccessible by roads. The tornado resulted in no known damage.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindZafra-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindZafra-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
March 2000HailZafra-no account filed
May 2000HailZafra-no account filed
March 1999HailZafra-no account filed
October 1998HailZafra-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindZafra-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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
Octavia11.4 miles18
Big Cedar12.7 miles18
Fogel13.8 miles22
Page14.3 miles19
Haw Creek18.3 miles18
Muse18.4 miles16
Stapp18.5 miles18
Ludlow19.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1102751. 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.