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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.

Atwood within Hughes County

Population over time

2 figures

Atwood 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.

YearPeople Change
201074
202085+11 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

8 since 2006

Regional 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/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2

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
2 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeYETI
15 March 2006Arson/incendiarism102 acresTalihina AgencyBWARD
6 February 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTalihina AgencyCHILDS
6 February 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTalihina AgencyONE
3 February 2008Debris and open burning114 acresTalihina AgencySOUTHWEST ATWOOD
15 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined84 acresWewoka AgencyNAZARENE
10 February 2006Arson/incendiarism15 acresTalihina AgencyFORTYEIGHT
26 January 2016Debris and open burning31 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeAIRSTRIP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hughes 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hughes County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAtwood$5,000Camper overturned in roadway.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAtwood-A large tree was blown down in the community of Atwood. The location is approximate.
July 2013HailAtwood-Hail was covering the ground.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindAtwood-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 2022HailAtwood-no account filed
May 2022HailAtwood-no account filed
May 2022HailAtwood-no account filed
April 2011HailAtwood-no account filed
April 2009HailAtwood-no account filed
March 2009HailAtwood-no account filed
April 2004HailAtwood-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindAtwood-no account filed
May 2003HailAtwood-no account filed
May 2003HailAtwood-no account filed
June 2000Flash FloodAtwood-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindAtwood-no account filed
April 1999HailAtwood-no account filed
March 1998HailAtwood-no account filed
March 1997HailAtwood-no account filed
March 1997HailAtwood-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindAtwood-no account filed
April 1995HailAtwood-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindAtwood-no account filed
October 1995HailAtwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hughes 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
Calvin4.8 miles13
Cross Roads5.9 miles12
Spaulding6.7 miles12
Gerty8.6 miles14
Holdenville9.1 miles12
Horntown10.2 miles12
Citra11.2 miles13
Stuart13.3 miles13

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 AtwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2031867The 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.