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Akins, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Sallisaw North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74955. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brushy quadrangle. 405 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 597 feet above sea level.

Akins within Sequoyah County

On record in Akins

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

Akins fell from 493 to 405 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
2010493
2020405-88 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

2 photographs, 1939

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Old store in Akins, Oklahoma, now used as living quarters
Old store in Akins, Oklahoma, now used as living quarters
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress
Old store in Akins, Oklahoma, now used as living quarters
Old store in Akins, Oklahoma, now used as living quarters
Lee, Russell, 1939. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

263 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Akins between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,459 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 90 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/incendiarism90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Debris and open burning55
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2002Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1998Recreation and ceremony12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30489
28 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30487

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Akins: 1 past producer. 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Akins in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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
September 1996Flash FloodAkins$10,000no account filed
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Akins$5,000A storm chaser with broadcast media reported a brief tornado. The tornado snapped large tree limbs and damaged the roof of an outbuilding. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 80 mph.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAkins-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees along Highway 101.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindAkins-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAkins-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree.
October 1995HailAkins-Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening of October 26th and continued throughout the evening. The storms produced a total of four tornadoes, as well as large hail and damaging winds. The first tornado touched down briefly three miles southwest of Spavinaw at 1740 CST. No damage occurred with this F0 tornado. The second tornado touched down eight miles southwest of Tahlequah in the small community of Woodall at 1816 CST. The tornado moved east for two miles before lifting six miles southwest of Tahlequah at 1820 CST. Considerable damage occurred in and near Woodall from both the tornado and a strong rear flank downdraft. Eighteen homes, four mobile homes, and two businesses were damaged, mainly from downed trees, and numerous barns were destroyed. Total damage was estimated at $200 thousand. The tornado track was just north of State Highway 62, with the damage along and just south of State Highway 62 being from the rear flank downdraft. The tornado was 75-yards wide and was rated F0. The third tornado touched down briefly in an open field five miles south of Tahlequah at 1843 CST. No damage occurred with this F0 tornado. The fourth tornado touched down seven miles west northwest of Stilwell at 1846 CST. The tornado moved east and was on the ground intermittently for three miles before lifting four miles northwest of Stilwell at 1852 CST. One mobile home was damaged by the tornado when a tree fell onto it, and several homes received minor damage from downed trees. Considerable tree damage was caused by rear flank downdraft winds along the tornado's track. The tornado was 75-yards wide and was rated F0. Strong straight-line winds blew the roofs off two homes and downed several trees and power lines nine miles west of Stilwell, and trees were also blown down 10 miles southwest of Tahlequah and four miles northeast of Stilwell. Large hail also accompanied the storms. Golf ball-size hail fell at Okay, half-dollar-size hail fell at Spavinaw, and dime to quarter-size hail covered the ground at Fort Gibson. Dime to quarter-size hail also fell at several other locations in northeast Oklahoma.
April 2017HailAkins-no account filed
March 2006HailAkins-no account filed
March 2003HailAkins-no account filed
October 1995HailAkins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sequoyah 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
Seven Oaks2.8 miles14
Brushy3.9 miles18
Maple4.2 miles14
Hanson5.0 miles14
Long5.7 miles14
Blackjack6.0 miles14
Sallisaw6.1 miles15
Stoney Point6.3 miles18

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 AkinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1835666The 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 1089741. 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.