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Armstrong, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Durant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74729. It stands on Mineral Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Caddo South quadrangle. 113 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Armstrong within Bryan County

Population over time

2 figures

Armstrong grew from 105 to 113 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
2010105
2020113+8 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Armstrong between 2006 and 2008, burning about 45 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
22 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.3 acresTalihina AgencyPOWELL
9 February 2008Natural3.0 acresTalihina AgencyCOURT YARD
8 January 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencyMULBERRY
6 January 2006Smoking32 acresTalihina AgencyFISH ROAD
19 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChickasaw AgencyALABAMA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bryan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Armstrong: 16 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 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
H C Ruskin Corp Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H C Ruskin Corp Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H C Ruskin Corp 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
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bryan County

Storms near this place

33 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Armstrong in 33 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 16 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
May 2009Flash FloodArmstrong$50,000Several city streets and county roads had to be closed near Durant and Calera due to water running over top of them. Several motorists became stranded after driving into high water, with some having to be rescued. One person sustained a minor injury when his truck crashed while driving through flood waters. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindArmstrong$10,000Numerous power poles and tree limbs blown down. Time is radar estimated.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindArmstrong$10,000Apparant micro-burst blew over several large trees, and damaged roofs of homes and outbuildings in a two block radius of south 14TH and west Alabama streets in Durant. All trees were laid over to the southwest. Time estimated by radar.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindArmstrong$10,000Roof was blown off a home and tree damage at 736 OK 48.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindArmstrong$10,000Tree branches and signs blown down. Damage information relayed by KTEN-TV Facebook page.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindArmstrong$3,000Telephone poles were downed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindArmstrong$2,000Small tree limbs and power lines down due to thunderstorm wind. Time is radar estimated.
April 2026HailArmstrong-Hailfall near the intersection of U.S. Highway 75 and Hat Powell Road. The report was relayed by emergency management.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-Multiple trees were blown down, some blocking roadways, in and around the community of Durant. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-An estimated wind gust near the intersection of Washington Avenue and Mockingbird Lane. The report was relayed by emergency management.
September 2025HailArmstrong-The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate.
September 2025HailArmstrong-The report was relayed through Spotter Network. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
September 2025HailArmstrong-The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate.
June 2024HailArmstrong-Relayed image.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-Trees blown over.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-Trees blown over.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-Numerous trees and powerlines downed in Durant.
July 2019Flash FloodArmstrong-Roads are being closed around town, in particular at 9th and University.
August 2017Flash FloodArmstrong-Streets were closed in town due to flooding.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-Wind gust measured at the EOC in Durant.
May 2009HailArmstrong-Up to nickel-size hail was reported at Highway 70 and Timberline Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-no account filed
May 2022HailArmstrong-no account filed
April 2021HailArmstrong-no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindArmstrong-no account filed
April 2020HailArmstrong-no account filed
May 2018HailArmstrong-no account filed
March 2016HailArmstrong-no account filed
May 2016HailArmstrong-no account filed
March 2015HailArmstrong-no account filed
June 2012HailArmstrong-no account filed
March 2008HailArmstrong-no account filed
April 2004HailArmstrong-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
Ury1.5 miles14
Wasseta2.7 miles14
Lee Heights3.8 miles8
Cobb4.0 miles14
Durant4.2 miles8
Pirtle6.0 miles8
Kenefic6.7 miles14
Caddo6.8 miles14

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 ArmstrongAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2461290The 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 1089697. 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.