Colbert, Oklahoma
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Colbert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74733. The Survey maps it on the Denison Dam quadrangle. 1,027 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.
On record in Colbert
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 1 record
- Colbert's Ferry Sitelisted 1972
Population over time
2 figuresColbert fell from 1,140 to 1,027 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,140 | |
| 2020 | 1,027 | -113 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Denison quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Denison Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Denison Dam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Colbert between 2006 and 2018, burning about 382 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | U.S.75 |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEQUOIA |
| 25 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 75 |
| 21 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Chickasaw Agency | BATES FIRE |
| 28 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 345 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CALERA RAILROAD |
| 13 February 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWERPLANT |
| 1 November 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DENISON DAM |
| 9 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | US HWY. 75 & HWY 69 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Colbert: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colbert in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Colbert | 1 hurt | A brief tornado damaged two homes and overturned two trucks on Highway 69. One of the drivers sustained minor injuries while in his truck. Fifteen steel transmission lines were also downed. At least 1000 people were without power due to the damage. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | $65,000 | Four mobile homes and nine barns were destroyed by high winds. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | $10,000 | A mobile home was blown over. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | $5,000 | Small tree debris. Several power lines down. Weather station at school recorded 38 mph at 6:40pm. Time of damage estimated from radar. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | $5,000 | Thunderstorms during the early afternoon hours on the 24th produced strong winds which blew the roof off a mobile home in Colbert and downed telephone lines in Calera. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2012 | Flash Flood | Colbert | $1,000 | Flooding was reported at the Southern Pointe Living Center in Colbert due to heavy rainfall. Event duration was not available. Total damages estimated. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | $500 | Trees were downed. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | - | Relayed images show multiple tree branches blown down. The event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | - | Twelve inch diameter tree was downed. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Colbert | - | Water flowing over the roadway on highway 75/69 made the highway impassible. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Colbert | - | A line of severe thunderstorms along the western border of Oklahoma the evening of the 20th moved slowly eastward across western Oklahoma. The strongest storms persisted into the early morning hours of the 21st and produced up to half-dollar-sized hail and strong winds in southern Oklahoma. In Cotton County 7 miles SE of Devol (just north of the Red River) a tractor-trailer was blown over on Interstate 44, blocking 3 lanes for 2 hours. |
| December 2008 | Hail | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Colbert | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Colbert | - | 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.
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 Colbert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2691836 | The 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 1091547. 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.





