Commerce, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Miami census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74354. It stands on Garrett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Picher quadrangle. 2,271 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Commerce within Ottawa County

On record in Commerce

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Mickey Mantle Boyhood Home, 319 South Quincy Street, Commercefederal building survey, 1 photograph

Population over time

2 figures

Commerce fell from 2,473 to 2,271 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	2,473
2020	2,271	-202 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1907 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1909 USGS Wyandotte quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Picher quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

170 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Commerce between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,670 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 33 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	49
Debris and open burning	39
Natural	36
Arson/incendiarism	33
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
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
29 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Miami Agency	TOMLISON
29 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Miami Agency	TURKEY RUN
22 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Miami Agency	VINE
19 September 2000	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.0 acres	Miami Agency	HOSS
1 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Miami Agency	PIUS
31 August 2010	Debris and open burning	1.3 acres	Miami Agency	FISHERS
29 August 2010	Debris and open burning	5.5 acres	Miami Agency	CRAWFISH
19 August 2012	Natural	2.3 acres	Miami Agency	MINERAL HIEGHTS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 99 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 99 workings within 5 miles of Commerce: 87 past producers, 10 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Humble Sand Pit	Clay	Producer
Central Mill & Semple	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Epperson Pit and Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Blue Goose	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bryan Chat Company Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dale Epersons Trucking Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Eagle-Picher Mining Co Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Earnie Graham Chat Co Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Humble Sand	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Kunshek Chat Company Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Ottawa County

Storms near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Commerce in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 20 flood, 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 12 injuries. 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 2014	Tornado (EF2)	Commerce	1 killed, 12 hurt, $3,000,000	A tornado damaged or destroyed about 50 homes and businesses in and around Quapaw, destroyed several metal-framed buildings, destroyed barns and outbuildings, blew over several vehicles, snapped or uprooted numerous trees, and blew down numerous power poles. At least twelve people were injured in Quapaw from the tornado and one fatality occurred when a brick wall fell onto a vehicle that was parked along side it. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 115 to 125 mph. The tornado continued into Cherokee County, Kansas, where it destroyed homes and businesses in Baxter Springs and injured about two dozen people there.
July 2007	Flood	Commerce	$20,000,000	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 4:15 am CDT on June 29. The river crested at 29.25 feet at midnight CDT July 5. The river fell below its flood stage at 2:15 am CDT on July 9.\|\|The flooding reached the major category and was near record levels. Disastrous flooding occurred in nearby Miami. Approximately 2500 residents were evacuated and 574 structures were inundated with water. Some buildings had up to 3 feet of water in them and approximately 148 homes and businesses were damaged to the degree that they were not given permission to renovate. All highways except for one and approximately 40 streets in Miami were closed due to high water causing limited access into and out of the city.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	$25,000	Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home, damaged a brick wall of a building, and blew the roof off of a shop.
August 2009	Hail	Commerce	$25,000	no account filed
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	$15,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew off the roof of a barn and blew a pole onto house west of town and blew power lines down and damaged a garage door in town.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs, and blew down power poles.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	$5,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees and power lines.
May 2010	Hail	Commerce	$5,000	no account filed
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees and power lines down.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs and damaged street signs.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	$100	Winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew over a large tree.
October 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	$100	Several large tree limbs were blown onto a road.
May 2011	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 3:45 pm CDT on May 23rd. The river crested at 18.95 feet at 6:00 am CDT on the 24th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 6:45 am CDT on the 25th.
April 2011	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 3:45 pm CDT on April 25th. The river crested at 17.98 feet at 10:00 am CDT on the 26th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 2:30 am CDT on the 27th.
May 2010	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 1:30 am CDT on May 14th. The river crested at 18.40 feet at 7 am CDT on the 15th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 2:15 pm CDT on the 16th.
July 2010	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 6 a.m. CDT on July 7th. The river crested at 18.79 feet at 12 p.m. CDT on the 10th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 11 a.m. CDT on the 11th.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	-	Strong thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Commerce	-	Numerous streets were flooded, some of which were impassable.
May 2009	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 2 pm CDT on April 28th. The river crested at 22.21 feet at 1 pm CDT on the 2nd, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 1130 am CDT on the 5th.
May 2009	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 930 am CDT on the 9th. The river crested at 18.66 feet at 2 pm CDT on the 12th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 1245 pm CDT on the 13th.
September 2009	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 345 am CDT on September 22nd. The river crested at 18.13 feet at 5 am CDT on the 23rd, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 430 am CDT on the 24th.
October 2009	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 9:45 p.m. CDT on October 8th. The river crested at 20.49 feet at 12:00 p.m. CDT on the 11th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 1:15 p.m. CDT on the 13th.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	-	Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large limbs.
April 2009	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 2 pm CDT on the 28th. The river crested at 22.21 feet at 1 pm CDT on May 2nd, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 1130 am CDT May 5th.
May 2009	Flash Flood	Commerce	-	Heavy rain caused flooding, which required Step Fork Bridge to be closed.
September 2009	Flash Flood	Commerce	-	Heavy rains caused several roads across parts of Ottawa County to have water over them. Highway 69A near Quapaw had 2 feet of water over it at a railroad crossing.
September 2009	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 215 pm CDT on September 9th. The river crested at 20.11 feet at 6 am on September 12th, resulting in moderate flooding. The river fell below flood stage at 115 pm CDT on the 15th.
September 2009	Flash Flood	Commerce	-	Heavy rain caused street flooding in Commerce. One low water crossing near Commerce was blocked off due to high water.
April 2008	Flood	Commerce	-	At 9:00 am cdt on April 10th the Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet. The river crested at 19.38 feet at 8:00 am cdt on April 12th. This crest classified the flood as a moderate flood. The river fell below its flood stage at 2:30 pm cdt on April 13th.
May 2008	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 11:15 pm cdt on May 7th. The river crested at 20.21 feet at 3:00 am cdt on May 10th. The river fell below its flood stage at 2:15 am cdt on May 12th.
May 2008	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 12:30 am cdt on May 27th. The river crested at 19.87 feet at 1:00 am cdt on May 29th. The river fell below its flood stage at 6:00 pm cdt on May 30th.
June 2008	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 1:45 pm cdt on the 9th. The river crested at 20.17 feet at 11:00 am cdt on the 12th. This crest classified the flood as moderate. The river fell below its flood stage at 7:30 am cdt on the 17th.
September 2008	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 12:30 am cdt on the 14th. The river crested at 19.51 feet at 3 pm cdt on the 16th. This crest classified the flood as moderate. The river fell below its flood at 12:30 am cdt on the 18th.
June 2007	Flood	Commerce	-	Heavy rain caused the Neosho River near Commerce to rise above its flood stage of 15 feet at 10:15 am cdt on June 2. A moderate flood occurred with the river cresting at 18.67 feet at 4:00 pm cdt on June 3. The river fell below its flood stage at 4:45 pm cdt on June 4.
June 2007	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 9:45 am cdt on June 11. A moderate flood occurred with the crest of 20.51 feet at 8:00 pm cdt on June 13. The river fell below its flood stage at 3:45 pm cdt on June 15. The flooding caused Highway 125 to be closed.
June 2007	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 4:15 am cdt on June 29. The river would crest at 29.25 feet on July 5. This resulted in a major flood along the river.
May 2007	Flood	Commerce	-	The Neosho River near Commerce rose above its flood stage of 15 feet at 6 pm CDT on May 7. The river crested at 19.92 feet at 11 am May 10 before falling below its flood stage at 7 pm on May 12. While in flood, Riverview Park in Miami was flooded and Highway 125 near the fairgrounds was closed.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
March 2023	Hail	Commerce	-	no account filed
March 2016	Hail	Commerce	-	no account filed
April 2015	Hail	Commerce	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Commerce	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Commerce	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Commerce	-	no account filed
November 2006	Hail	Commerce	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Commerce	-	no account filed
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Commerce	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ottawa 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
North Miami	1.2 miles	14
Potter (historical)	1.7 miles	14
Douthat (historical)	2.6 miles	14
Cardin (historical)	3.0 miles	14
Miami	4.1 miles	14
Picher (historical)	4.3 miles	14
Quapaw	4.7 miles	14
Zincville (historical)	5.3 miles	14

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 Commerce	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2005257	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 1091596. 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.