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Did you feel it? 4.7 earthquake near Prague, OK, at 2:12 am

In the wee hours of this morning, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake hit Oklahoma. Epicenter was just north of the town of Prague (rhymes with plague -- seriously), about 50 miles east of Oklahoma City, and about 60 miles southwest of Tulsa. The US Geological Survey wants to know if you...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 5, 2011 11:52 AM

The old paths: Historic Oklahoma USGS maps

My apologies for the lapse since my last post. I've been writing, but it's all technical stuff for the gig that pays most of the bills. While I was at the Coffee House on Cherry Street cranking away on that technical documentation, a customer at the next table, a gentleman...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 29, 2010 1:29 AM

Historical quads

The U. S. Geological Survey is mapmaker to the Federal Government, but their topographical maps are used by ranchers, hikers, hydrologists, miners -- anyone interested in the shape of the land and what lies beneath. Because they also depict cultural features in rural areas -- roads, houses, schools, churches, cemetaries...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 27, 2009 8:50 PM