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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.

Colbert within Bryan County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Colbert 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,140
20201,027-113 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

10 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceU.S.75
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEQUOIA
25 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 75
21 July 2006Debris and open burning27 acresChickasaw AgencyBATES FIRE
28 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined345 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCALERA RAILROAD
13 February 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWERPLANT
1 November 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDENISON DAM
9 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS HWY. 75 & HWY 69

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bryan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bryan County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010Tornado (EF1)Colbert1 hurtA 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 2001Thunderstorm WindColbert$65,000Four mobile homes and nine barns were destroyed by high winds.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindColbert$10,000A mobile home was blown over.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindColbert$5,000Small tree debris. Several power lines down. Weather station at school recorded 38 mph at 6:40pm. Time of damage estimated from radar.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindColbert$5,000Thunderstorms 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 1993Thunderstorm WindColbert$5,000no account filed
October 2012Flash FloodColbert$1,000Flooding was reported at the Southern Pointe Living Center in Colbert due to heavy rainfall. Event duration was not available. Total damages estimated.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindColbert$500Trees were downed.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindColbert-Relayed images show multiple tree branches blown down. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindColbert-Twelve inch diameter tree was downed.
June 2015Flash FloodColbert-Water flowing over the roadway on highway 75/69 made the highway impassible.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindColbert-No damage reported.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindColbert-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
October 1994HailColbert-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 2008HailColbert-no account filed
March 2006HailColbert-no account filed
May 2003HailColbert-no account filed
May 2003HailColbert-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindColbert-no account filed
May 1999HailColbert-no account filed
April 1999HailColbert-no account filed
March 1998HailColbert-no account filed
April 1997HailColbert-no account filed
April 1995HailColbert-no account filed
April 1994HailColbert-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
Pickwick1.6 miles13
Staley2.3 miles13
Cartwright3.2 miles13
Platter4.1 miles11
Olive4.8 miles8
Achille6.3 miles8
Calera6.8 miles8
Hendrix7.5 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 ColbertAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2691836The 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.