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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.

Crowder within Pittsburg County

Population over time

3 figures

Crowder 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.

YearPeople Change
2000436
2010430-6 (-1%)
2020306-124 (-29%)

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.

Fires near this place

56 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
8 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20434
4 August 2012Arson/incendiarism4,160 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20142
27 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use133 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20136
19 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20343
24 May 2005Debris and open burning55 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20324
9 April 2017Arson/incendiarism21 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2011Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20247
3 April 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20241

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

27 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2003Tornado (F0)Crowder$50,000A 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 2012HailCrowder$20,000no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCrowder$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and damaged roofs.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCrowder$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down, damaged roofs of buildings, and overturned docks.
March 2008Flash FloodCrowder$5,000Heavy rain caused water to enter a few buildings including the school.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCrowder$5,000Thunderstorm 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 2022Thunderstorm WindCrowder$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, and damaged a privacy fence.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindCrowder$1,000Numerous trees were blown down in the city of Crowder.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCrowder-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCrowder-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCrowder-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindCrowder-A storm chaser estimated thunderstorm winds to 80 mph.
September 2012Flash FloodCrowder-Widespread flooding was reported in Crowder.
May 2008Tornado (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 2008Flash FloodCrowder-Heavy rain caused several county roads to be flooded across the northern part of Pittsburg County.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCrowder-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down.
August 2023HailCrowder-no account filed
September 2023HailCrowder-no account filed
April 2020HailCrowder-no account filed
April 2009HailCrowder-no account filed
June 2008HailCrowder-no account filed
May 2003HailCrowder-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCrowder-no account filed
April 1999HailCrowder-no account filed
May 1998HailCrowder-no account filed
June 1998Tornado (F0)Crowder-no account filed
May 1996HailCrowder-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Bristow Point3.1 miles17
Canadian3.8 miles14
Reams4.3 miles14
Massey Point4.3 miles14
Sams Point5.0 miles14
Canadian Shores5.1 miles14
Indianola6.2 miles14
Bug Tussle6.5 miles14

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 CrowderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2276534The 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.