BlockBefore

Braggs, Oklahoma

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Muskogee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74423. The Survey maps it on the Braggs quadrangle. 270 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 558 feet above sea level.

Braggs within Muskogee County

Population over time

2 figures

Braggs grew from 259 to 270 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
2010259
2020270+11 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Braggs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13,338 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism29
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
4 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,900 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30480
4 August 2012Arson/incendiarism35 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30350
16 August 1999Recreation and ceremony42 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 July 2006Arson/incendiarism65 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30498
4 July 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30283

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Braggs: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee County

Storms near this place

42 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Braggs in 42 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 22 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Braggs$50,000This tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees, damaged buildings at Greenleaf State Park, and snapped power poles. The end point is estimated based on radar data as the tornado moved onto Camp Gruber, which was inaccessible to the survey team. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindBraggs$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew the roof off a barn near Braggs.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindBraggs$5,000Thunderstorms winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a shed down.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindBraggs$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew windows out of homes. Large tree limbs were also blown down.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindBraggs$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged the roof to a house.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Braggs$1,000There was a brief tornado touchdown south of Braggs, causing mainly tree damage.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Braggs$1,000There was a brief tornado touchdown just south of Braggs, causing damage to numerous trees.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBraggs$1,000Numerous trees blown down around Braggs
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBraggs$500Trees were blown down in Braggs.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBraggs-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBraggs-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
March 2005Thunderstorm WindBraggs-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBraggs-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindBraggs-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees at Camp Gruber.
May 1999Flash FloodBraggs-Water covered a road in Braggs.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindBraggs-Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma from Okfuskee County to Muskogee County during the late afternoon and early evening of June 9th. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees in Okemah, and large tree limbs were blown down by 60 mph winds 10 miles southwest of Okemah. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph two miles north of Checotah and to 60 mph in Braggs. Quarter-size hail fell at Bearden and at Henryetta, and dime- to quarter-size hail fell at Dewar.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindBraggs-Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma from Okfuskee County to Muskogee County during the late afternoon and early evening of June 9th. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees in Okemah, and large tree limbs were blown down by 60 mph winds 10 miles southwest of Okemah. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph two miles north of Checotah and to 60 mph in Braggs. Quarter-size hail fell at Bearden and at Henryetta, and dime- to quarter-size hail fell at Dewar.
August 2024HailBraggs-no account filed
May 2022HailBraggs-no account filed
March 2018HailBraggs-no account filed
May 2009HailBraggs-no account filed
March 2009HailBraggs-no account filed
January 2008HailBraggs-no account filed
January 2008HailBraggs-no account filed
March 2008HailBraggs-no account filed
May 2006HailBraggs-no account filed
September 2006HailBraggs-no account filed
March 2005HailBraggs-no account filed
December 2003HailBraggs-no account filed
June 1999HailBraggs-no account filed
March 1999HailBraggs-no account filed
May 1999HailBraggs-no account filed
May 1999HailBraggs-no account filed
May 1998HailBraggs-no account filed
June 1998HailBraggs-no account filed
March 1998HailBraggs-no account filed
March 1998Thunderstorm WindBraggs-no account filed
April 1996HailBraggs-no account filed
March 1996HailBraggs-no account filed
June 1995HailBraggs-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindBraggs-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBraggs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muskogee 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
Hy 10 Landing3.5 miles19
Pumpkin Center5.1 miles20
McLain7.7 miles19
Martin9.0 miles19
Keefton9.1 miles19
Shopton9.5 miles19
Grandview Heights9.6 miles19
Fort Gibson9.7 miles18

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 BraggsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3287170The 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 1090449. 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.