Albion, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Pushmataha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74521. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Albion quadrangle. 58 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 681 feet above sea level.
On record in Albion
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 2 records
- Albion State Banklisted 1979
- Mato Kosyk Houselisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresAlbion fell from 106 to 58 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 | 106 | |
| 2020 | 58 | -48 (-45%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1908 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Tuskahoma quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Albion quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
347 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Albion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,916 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 176 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/incendiarism | 176 |
| Debris and open burning | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10378 |
| 28 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20376 |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10357 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Albion: 1 past producer, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Crusher | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion in 17 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 11 hail, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs and a few trees. Power lines were also blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and small trees. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Albion | - | Heavy rain caused water to flow over a few secondary roads. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Albion | - | A tornado snapped or uprooted several trees along Indian Highway. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour uprooted trees. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Albion | - | Thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma during the evening of the 17th produced hail up to quarter-size. |
| January 2023 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| February 2020 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Albion | - | 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 Albion | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1850595 | 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 1089573. 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.









