Brooksville, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74873. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville quadrangle. 71 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 948 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Seminole and Prague quadrangle1:125000
- 1907 USGS Maud quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Maud quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Brooksville between 2005 and 2017, burning about 380 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | COKER ROAD |
| 11 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Wewoka Agency | FISH |
| 31 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | BRINKLEY ROAD |
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 Brooksville: 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 Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brooksville in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Brooksville | $200,000 | Flood waters have risen into several area homes. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Brooksville | $10,000 | Damage was found along US-177 to the south of Tecumseh as the tornado moved to the north and northeast. Additional tree damage was found by the survey crew along Harrison Road before the tornado dissipated just west of Skagg City Road. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $5,000 | Metal shed destroyed by wind. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | $1,000 | Window, roof, and shed damage reported. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Brooksville | - | From Mping. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Brooksville | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Brooksville | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Brooksville | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Brooksville | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Brooksville | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Brooksville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Brooksville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Brooksville | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooksville | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Brooksville | - | 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 Brooksville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2169299 | 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 1100237. 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.







