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Cobb, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Durant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74701. The Survey maps it on the Durant North quadrangle.

Cobb within Bryan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cobb in 2006, burning about 89 acres in total. None 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/incendiarism3
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
14 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTishomingo National Wildlife RefugeMAHARDA
6 January 2006Smoking32 acresTalihina AgencyFISH ROAD
29 January 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresTalihina AgencyCRESTVIEW
15 January 2006Arson/incendiarism22 acresTalihina AgencyROCKCRUSHR
12 January 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencyKENESIC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bryan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Cobb: 24 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bryan County Sand Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lattimore Industries Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bryan County

Storms near this place

10 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cobb in 10 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Cobb$100,000This tornado touched down about 3 miles west-northwest of Armstrong and moved generally east for 5 miles damaging a number of homes, barns and trees.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindCobb$5,000Trees and limbs down in the area. Truck blown off SR 78 a half mile west of SR 48.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCobb$1,000Large tree limbs snapped off. Shingles blown off a roof.
March 2025HailCobb-Emergency management relayed the report. Location is approximate and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
September 2025HailCobb-The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is adjusted based on radar observations.
June 2024HailCobb-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1800-1810 LST) to report time.
June 2023HailCobb-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (0250-0255 LST) to event time.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindCobb-Trees downed on houses.
May 2013HailCobb-At the intersection of SH-22 and Albert Pike Rd.
April 2020HailCobb-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bryan 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
Ury2.9 miles14
Brown3.9 miles14
Armstrong4.0 miles14
Silo4.6 miles14
Kenefic5.0 miles14
Wasseta5.2 miles14
Kiersey6.3 miles14
Durant6.6 miles8

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 CobbAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5138741The 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 1091526. 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.