Crowder, Oklahoma
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the North Central Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74430. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crowder quadrangle. 306 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 627 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCrowder fell from 436 to 306 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 436 | |
| 2010 | 430 | -6 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 306 | -124 (-29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Canadian quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Crowder quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Crowder between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,498 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20434 |
| 4 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,160 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20142 |
| 27 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 133 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20136 |
| 19 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20343 |
| 24 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20324 |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20247 |
| 3 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20241 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Crowder: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crowder in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 tornado, 3 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Crowder | $50,000 | A brief tornado occured in rural areas to the east of Crowder. A homestead received substantial damage from this tornado. Three sheds, including a 100 foot cattle shed were destroyed. Shingles were blown of a house and a tin roof was blown off a barn. A series of supercells crossed southeast Oklahoma on this afternoon. Numerous other tornado reports were received during the event, but further investigation led to the conclusion that most of these reports were funnel-shaped scud. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Crowder | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and damaged roofs. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down, damaged roofs of buildings, and overturned docks. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Crowder | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused water to enter a few buildings including the school. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous large trees in the Longtown area near Lake Eufaula. The trees blocked roads and knocked down power lines. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, and damaged a privacy fence. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | $1,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in the city of Crowder. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | - | A storm chaser estimated thunderstorm winds to 80 mph. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Crowder | - | Widespread flooding was reported in Crowder. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Crowder | - | A tornado formed and dissipated over Lake Eufaula. Several people witnessed this tornado including storm chasers affiliated with Tulsa television stations and fishermen on the lake. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Crowder | - | Heavy rain caused several county roads to be flooded across the northern part of Pittsburg County. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Crowder | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Crowder | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristow Point | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Canadian | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Reams | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Massey Point | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sams Point | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Canadian Shores | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Indianola | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bug Tussle | 6.5 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 Crowder | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2276534 | 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 1091853. 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.






