Daisy, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Atoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74540. It lies near Happy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Daisy quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
On record in Daisy
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
- Isaac Billy Homestead and Family Cemeterylisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1898 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Daisy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
183 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Daisy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,960 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 56 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 | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10476 |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10530 |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10225 |
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10468 |
| 5 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10415 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daisy in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 14 hail, 4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Daisy | $75,000 | The tornado continued into Pushmataha county before lifting 2.75 miles WSW of Adel. In Atoka County, three houses were damaged. The roof was removed and some of the exterior walls on one well-built home were collapsed. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped above the ground. Monetary damage were estimated. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Daisy | $50,000 | This tornado developed to the south of Daisy in northeast Atoka County, then moved east-northeast into Pushmataha and Pittsburg Counties (see Storm Data for eastern Oklahoma for the Pushmataha and Pittsburg County segments of this tornado.) Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, roof damage was observed to at least two homes, and a barn suffered severe damage. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daisy | $25,000 | A tree fell on a mobile home. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Daisy | $10,000 | Numerous large trees were snapped and uprooted by a tornado that paralleled a larger tornado to the north. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Daisy | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daisy | $500 | Ten to twelve inch diameter hickory, red oak, and elm tree limbs were snapped. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Daisy | $500 | This tornado formed about 2.5 miles east of Daisy in extreme eastern Atoka County and was confirmed by a damage survey from a National Weather Service meteorologist. The tornado tracked for approximately 1/2 mile and sheared in half numerous large trees on or near Clayton Road. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Daisy | - | The report was relayed by emergency management. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Flash Flood | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Daisy | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Daisy | - | 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 Daisy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5209670 | 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 1100339. 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.
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.









