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Clayton, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Pushmataha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74536. It stands on Jackfork Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clayton quadrangle. 555 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.

Clayton within Pushmataha County

On record in Clayton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Clayton fell from 821 to 555 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
2010821
2020555-266 (-32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

489 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 489 fires within 5 miles of Clayton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,478 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 204 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/incendiarism204
Debris and open burning105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Equipment and vehicle use53
Natural24
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2019Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarism20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina Agency0429
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10523

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pushmataha County

Storms near this place

60 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clayton in 68 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 41 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024HailClayton$50,000Hail slightly larger than golf ball size damaged homes, businesses, and vehicles.
April 2011HailClayton$20,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindClayton$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down. The trees caused damage to some personal property.
April 2011HailClayton$5,000no account filed
April 1994Tornado (F1)Clayton -$5,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindClayton$3,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindClayton$3,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power poles onto Highway 2.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindClayton$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs and damaged the roof of a barn.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Clayton$500An F1 tornado touched down briefly near the Pushmataha/Pittsburg County line off of OK Hwy 43 in an unpopulated area 13 miles west of Clayton. After causing some tree damage, the tornado crossed briefly in Pittsburg County before lifting.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindClayton$500Several trees were uprooted in Clayton.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindClayton$500Several large trees were blown down, and limbs were blown out of others.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindClayton$500Roof blown off of a barn
February 2001Thunderstorm WindClayton$100Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindClayton$100Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindClayton-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to near 70 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindClayton-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
May 2015Flash FloodClayton-Numerous roads were flooded in and around Clayton after more than six inches of rain fell.
May 2015Flash FloodClayton-US 271 was closed south of Clayton due to high water.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindClayton-Several trees at Clayton State Park were damaged by strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Flash FloodClayton-Several streams and creeks were out of their banks, flooding nearby roads.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindClayton-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down large tree limbs.
November 2011FloodClayton-The Kiamichi River near Clayton rose above its flood stage of 17 feet at 3:00 am CST on November 22nd. The river crested at 19.65 feet at 12:00 pm CST on the 23rd, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below its flood stage at 11:30 pm CST on the 23rd.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindClayton-The public reported three trees uprooted and many others damaged by strong thunderstorm winds.
February 2008Flash FloodClayton-Locally heavy rainfall resulted in the flooding of several roads across the central portion of Pushmataha County. Several roads around Clayton were closed due to the flooding.
March 2008Flash FloodClayton-Heavy rain caused water to flow over several county roads across the northern part of Pushmataha County.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindClayton-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down.
April 1999Flash FloodClayton-Roads in Clayton were closed by high water.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindClayton-An isolated severe thunderstorm in southeastern Oklahoma produced strong winds.
July 1994HailClayton-Thunderstorms in southeast Oklahoma during the evening of the 17th produced hail up to quarter-size.
April 2014HailClayton-no account filed
April 2011HailClayton-no account filed
April 2011HailClayton-no account filed
May 2010HailClayton-no account filed
April 2008HailClayton-no account filed
June 2007HailClayton-no account filed
April 2007HailClayton-no account filed
January 2006HailClayton-no account filed
September 2006HailClayton-no account filed
March 2005HailClayton-no account filed
April 2003HailClayton-no account filed
May 2003HailClayton-no account filed
April 2002HailClayton-no account filed
February 2001HailClayton-no account filed
May 2001HailClayton-no account filed
May 2001HailClayton-no account filed
March 2000HailClayton-no account filed
April 2000HailClayton-no account filed
May 1999HailClayton-no account filed
May 1999HailClayton-no account filed
April 1999HailClayton-no account filed
March 1999HailClayton-no account filed
January 1999HailClayton-no account filed
January 1999HailClayton-no account filed
January 1999HailClayton-no account filed
June 1998HailClayton-no account filed
March 1998HailClayton-no account filed
June 1997HailClayton-no account filed
May 1997HailClayton-no account filed
February 1996HailClayton-no account filed
May 1996HailClayton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pushmataha 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
Tuskahoma4.5 miles14
Sardis6.1 miles15
Stanley7.1 miles14
Divide8.2 miles15
Nashoba Y8.3 miles15
Kiamichi9.7 miles14
Nashoba10.4 miles16
Adel12.8 miles16

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 ClaytonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3447695The 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 1091403. 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.

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.