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Chockie, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Atoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74525. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Limestone Gap quadrangle.

Chockie within Atoka County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

69 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Chockie between 1993 and 2020, burning about 17,983 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
3 September 2002Debris and open burning170 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism228 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10553
8 August 2015Arson/incendiarism160 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined450 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 August 2015Arson/incendiarism160 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 August 1999Smoking20 acresTalihina Agency011
28 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTalihina AgencyTRACK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atoka 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 Chockie: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Atoka County

Storms near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chockie in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 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
March 2013HailChockie$200,000The hail damaged cars, and covered the ground for hours. Damages estimated.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindChockie$10,000Images of damage to multiple roofs.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Chockie-While investigating tornado damage in Pittsburg County, an NWS storm survey team from Tulsa also identified this area of scattered tree damage from a tornado in northern Atoka County near Limestone Gap southeast of Wardville. The tornado developed about one mile east of US Highway 69 north of Limestone Gap and moved generally east dissipating soon after crossing Highway 69.
May 2025Flash FloodChockie-Significant roadway flooding, with an estimated water depth of three to four feet, occurred along a portion of Wesley Road due to water rise from Breadtown Creek. The event time is approximate.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindChockie-No damage was reported.
September 2001Tornado (F0)Chockie-This tornado was observed on Highway 69, near Chockie, and appeared to skip along the ground for about one minute before dissipating. No damage was observed or reported.
March 2008HailChockie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atoka 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
Burg0.2 miles17
Limestone Gap1.9 miles17
Flora4.3 miles14
Wardville5.2 miles13
Wesley5.3 miles17
Reynolds6.8 miles17
Stringtown8.5 miles17
Fugate9.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100296. 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.