Catale, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Chelsea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74332. The Survey maps it on the White Oak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1901 USGS Vinita quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Vinita quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS White Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bartlesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Catale between 2009 and 2017, burning about 1,441 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CATTLEE |
| 20 February 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 660 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | NE 40302 |
| 5 December 2010 | Natural | 13 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | YELLOW JACKET |
| 19 December 2010 | Natural | 610 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | CHELSEA |
| 13 December 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30466 |
| 6 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | BRIER PATCH |
| 2 January 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Catale: 5 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 Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Catale in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 13 hail, 8 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 2020 | Hail | Catale | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Catale | $15,000 | Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Catale | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catale | $10,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree, snapped large tree limbs, blew down power lines, and damaged a railroad crossing gate near Highway 66 and 6th Street. Some tree limbs fell onto a mobile home, damaging it. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Catale | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Catale | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catale | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catale | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catale | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catale | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catale | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Catale | - | Several roadways were flooded and impassable as a result of locally heavy rainfall. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catale | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted a tree. |
| December 1999 | Hail | Catale | - | Dime size hail fell in Chelsea. |
| December 1999 | Hail | Catale | - | Dime size hail covered the ground in Chelsea. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Catale | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Catale | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Catale | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Catale | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Catale | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catale | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Catale | - | 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.
| Wikidata item Q122550482 | 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 1100272. 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.






