Atwood, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the South Hughes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74827. It stands on Leader Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calvin West quadrangle. 85 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAtwood grew from 74 to 85 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 | 74 | |
| 2020 | 85 | +11 (+15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Calvin West quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Ada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Atwood between 2006 and 2016, burning about 352 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | YETI |
| 15 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 102 acres | Talihina Agency | BWARD |
| 6 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Talihina Agency | CHILDS |
| 6 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Talihina Agency | ONE |
| 3 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 114 acres | Talihina Agency | SOUTHWEST ATWOOD |
| 15 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 acres | Wewoka Agency | NAZARENE |
| 10 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Talihina Agency | FORTYEIGHT |
| 26 January 2016 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Okmulgee Field Office | AIRSTRIP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Atwood: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atwood in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 16 hail, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwood | $5,000 | Camper overturned in roadway. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwood | - | A large tree was blown down in the community of Atwood. The location is approximate. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Atwood | - | Hail was covering the ground. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwood | - | The top of a barn was ripped off and thrown across the road. Several trees and power poles were blown down. Local rain gauges measured up to four inches at this location. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Atwood | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Atwood | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cross Roads | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Spaulding | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Gerty | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Holdenville | 9.1 miles | 12 | |
| Horntown | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Citra | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stuart | 13.3 miles | 13 |
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 Atwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2031867 | 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 1089752. 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.






