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.
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
- Bloomfield Academy Sitelisted 1972
Population over time
2 figuresAchille 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 492 | |
| 2020 | 398 | -94 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Durant quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Achille quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional 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 use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Chickasaw Agency | YUBA |
| 15 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Chickasaw Agency | RIVER |
| 29 December 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,000 acres | Talihina Agency | ACHILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | $12,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off a mobile home and downed power lines and large trees. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | $2,000 | A barn-like structure was reported to be in the middle of the road in Achille. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | $2,000 | A trailer was damaged. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | $1,000 | Tree limbs up to 10 inches in diameter were downed, and a fence was damaged. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | - | Trees and power lines were blown down at multiple locations in the community of Achille. The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Achille | - | The report was relayed by emergency management. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | - | Multiple trees were blown down in the community of Achille. The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Achille | - | At least 2 structures took on water. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Achille | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | - | 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | - | 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | - | 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 1995 | Hail | Achille | - | 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | - | 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 1995 | Hail | Achille | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Achille | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Achille | - | 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.
| Wikipedia article on Achille | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2665115 | 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 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.




