Coal Creek, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Spiro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74959. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Panama quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1900 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Sallisaw quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Panama quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Panama quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Coal Creek between 1992 and 2017, burning about 935 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20429 |
| 30 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20364 |
| 13 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20435 |
| 30 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20416 |
| 8 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Coal Creek: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coal Creek in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 6 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 | Flood | Coal Creek | 1 killed | The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 2:15 am CDT on May 10th. The river crested at 43.54 feet at 1:00 am CDT on the 12th, resulting in major flooding. Very severe agricultural flooding occurred and many county roads were totally impassable. One flood-related fatality occurred at around 3:30 am CDT on the 11th near Spiro when a man tried to rescue cattle that had been inundated by flood waters. He drown and was found on May 13th. The river fell below flood stage at 11:30 pm CDT on the 15th. |
| February 2023 | Flood | Coal Creek | - | The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 3:15 pm CST on February 8th. The river crested at 35.41 feet at 4:00 pm CST on the 9th, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land was flooded from near Panama to near Arkoma, and county roads were closed. The river fell below flood stage at 10:15 pm CST on the 10th. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Coal Creek | - | The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 12:15 pm CST on March 3rd. The river crested at 34.52 feet at 10:30 am CST on the 4th, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land was flooded from near Panama to near Arkoma, and county roads were closed. The river fell below flood stage at 10:45 am CST on the 5th. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Coal Creek | - | The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 1:30 pm CDT on March 24th. The river crested at 37.93 feet at 5:15 pm CDT on the 25th, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land was flooded from near Shady Point to near Arkoma, and many county roads were closed in the floodplain. The river fell below flood stage at 6:00 am CDT on the 27th. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Coal Creek | - | The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 4:15 am CDT on September 1st. The river crested at 41.13 feet at 12:45 pm CDT on the 2nd, resulting in major flooding. Very severe agricultural flooding occurred and many county roads were totally impassable. The river fell below flood stage at 5:00 pm CDT on the 4th. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Coal Creek | - | The Poteau River near Panama rose above its flood stage of 29 feet at 7:30 am CDT on May 20th. The river crested at 34.76 feet at 12:00 pm CDT on the 21st, resulting in moderate flooding. Agricultural land and county roads were inundated by flood water. The river fell below flood stage at 1:00 pm CDT on the 23rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sunset Corner | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Tahona | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bedwell | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Shady Point | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Spiro | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Stony Point | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ward | 4.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100305. 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.








