Cloudy, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Finley-Rattan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74562. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cloudy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Alikchi quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cloudy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
225 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Cloudy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,188 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 111 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 | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10546 |
| 5 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10220 |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10221 |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10222 |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10223 |
| 30 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloudy in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2011: 20 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Hail | Cloudy | $50,000 | Golfball size hail broke windows, damaged roofs and and damaged cars. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Cloudy | $25,000 | A F2 tornado touched down west of Cloudy and traveled just south of Cloudy through rural areas of Pushmataha county before lifting 9 miles later east southeast of Cloudy. Only tree damage was observered. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloudy | $1,500 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloudy | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloudy | $500 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloudy | $100 | Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloudy | $10 | Five-inch limbs were blown off trees by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloudy | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew a satellite dish off a house and also blew down large tree limbs. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Cloudy | - | A severe thunderstorm in Pushmataha County produced three-quarters inch hail three miles east of Cloudy. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Cloudy | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Cloudy | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oleta | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Corinne | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Knot Crossing | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| North Sobol | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Snow | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Rattan | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sobol | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Burwell | 10.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1091483. 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.







