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Achille, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Bryan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74720. The Survey maps it on the Achille quadrangle. 398 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 674 feet above sea level.

Achille within Bryan County

On record in Achille

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

Population over time

2 figures

Achille fell from 492 to 398 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010492
2020398-94 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

3 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Achille between 2005 and 2006, burning about 10,041 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use40 acresChickasaw AgencyYUBA
15 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresChickasaw AgencyRIVER
29 December 2005Arson/incendiarism10,000 acresTalihina AgencyACHILLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bryan 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 Achille: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bryan County

Storms near this place

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Achille in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAchille$12,000Severe thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off a mobile home and downed power lines and large trees.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindAchille$5,000no account filed
October 2012Thunderstorm WindAchille$2,000A barn-like structure was reported to be in the middle of the road in Achille.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindAchille$2,000A trailer was damaged.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindAchille$1,000Tree limbs up to 10 inches in diameter were downed, and a fence was damaged.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAchille-Trees and power lines were blown down at multiple locations in the community of Achille. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2025HailAchille-The report was relayed by emergency management.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAchille-Multiple trees were blown down in the community of Achille. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2021Flash FloodAchille-At least 2 structures took on water.
August 2012HailAchille-No damage was reported.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindAchille-Wind damage, in the form of a few downed trees and power lines, occurred between Achille and Colbert, south toward the Red River. The worst of the damage occurred near the intersection of River and Chickasaw roads. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindAchille-Several large, healthy trees were uprooted and blown over. One home sustained minor roof/shingle damage, one barn was destroyed and another had the roof and one wall blown down. Power lines and a power pole were also blown over on Highway 78. No injuries were reported at the residence and monetary damages were estimated.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAchille-Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph tore the roof off a mobile home and damaged numerous other roofs across town. Several large trees were toppled.
May 1995HailAchille-Severe thunderstorms producing large hail moved across southern Oklahoma during the evening of the 3rd. In Comanche County, Ping-Pong ball-size hail lasted for almost 10 minutes and was reported covering the ground southwest of Lawton at 1900 CST. In Stephens County hail as large as baseballs was reported one mile south of Comanche and five miles east of Comanche. In the town of Comanche itself, police car windshields were broken out by large hail.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindAchille-Severe thunderstorm winds in Bryan County downed power lines and uprooted trees in Achille and blew two barns down nine miles east-southeast of Durant.
March 1995HailAchille-Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front then moved across central and southern Oklahoma the evening of the 6th. Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn in Oklahoma County, blew portions of roofs off of two homes in Lincoln County, broke limbs off trees in Comanche County, and damaged a sign in Stephens County. Hail as large as nickels was also reported.
April 2011HailAchille-no account filed
April 2011HailAchille-no account filed
June 2009HailAchille-no account filed
May 2007HailAchille-no account filed
March 2006HailAchille-no account filed
March 2006HailAchille-no account filed
April 2001HailAchille-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAchille-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAchille-no account filed
June 1996HailAchille-no account filed
April 1996HailAchille-no account filed
April 1994HailAchille-no account filed
April 1994HailAchille-no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindAchille-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bryan 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
Hendrix4.2 miles8
Old Allison4.2 miles8
Allison4.4 miles8
Kemp4.7 miles8
Olive6.1 miles8
Colbert6.3 miles13
Liberty7.1 miles7
Calera7.3 miles8

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.

Wikipedia article on AchilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2665115The 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 1089519. 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.