Ashland, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Kiowa-Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74570. It lies near Pine Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle. 35 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAshland fell from 66 to 35 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 | 66 | |
| 2020 | 35 | -31 (-47%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1896 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coalgate quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Ashland between 2005 and 2017, burning about 5,747 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,280 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | STUART |
| 31 March 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 700 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20067 |
| 3 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 856 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Talihina Agency | BOHAMAN |
| 24 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | KIOWA ONE |
| 14 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 December 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | ROCKIN' RANCH |
| 31 December 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 310 acres | Chickasaw Agency | DIXON RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ashland: 7 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Flash Flood | Ashland | 1 killed, $10,000 | Portions of several roads were flooded across southwestern Pittsburg County, as a result of three to five inches of rain that fell across the area. A 58 year-old man drove his pickup truck into deep flood water flowing over S Harper Valley Road, where it became inoperable. He exited the vehicle, was swept downstream by the rapidly flowing water, and was drowned. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Ashland | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Ashland | $30,000 | This tornado developed north of Ashland and moved east-northeast, snapping or uprooting numerous trees, damaging an outbuilding, damaging a home, and snapping power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Ashland | $25,000 | Numerous roads were flooded in and around McAlester, Arpelar, and Alderson as well as across the rural areas of the county. Flood water entered at least one home in McAlester. Several water rescues were conducted as motorists became stranded in flood water. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Ashland | $20,000 | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $200 | Several large trees were blown over. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $100 | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Ashland | - | Numerous roads were closed throughout Pittsburg County due to high water. Highway 31 was closed from the Highway 270 junction to Haywood and to Highway 31A. Highway 63 was closed from Haileyville to Kiowa. Highway 270 was closed from west of Indian Nations Turnpike to Arpelar. Highway 69B was closed from McAelster north to Highway 113. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down trees. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Stuart measured 59 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | The Oklahoma mesonet site near Ashland recorded a 60 mile an hour wind gust. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | The Oklahoma mesonet site north of Ashland measured a 64 mile an hour wind gust. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | The mesonet site near Ashland measured a 59 mile an hour wind gust. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | An Oklahoma mesonet site recorded at 59 mile an hour wind gust. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Ashland | - | An isolated severe thunderstorm moved from southern Okfuskee County to southwest Pittsburg County during the early morning of July 26th. This storm produced dime-size hail at Bearden and also at Ashland. |
| February 2023 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Ashland | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Ashland | - | 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 Ashland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1908061 | 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 1089732. 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.






