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Degnan, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Wilburton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74578. The Survey maps it on the Wilburton quadrangle.

Degnan within Latimer County

On record in Degnan

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

304 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Degnan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,157 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 117 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/incendiarism117
Missing data/not specified/undetermined87
Debris and open burning66
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 1994Debris and open burning4.0 acresTalihina Agencynot named
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20367

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latimer 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 Degnan: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 PitFlagstonePast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Latimer County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Degnan in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDegnan-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Wilburton measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindDegnan-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Wilburton measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 58 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDegnan-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Wilburton measured 62 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDegnan-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Wilburton measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2020Tornado (EFU)Degnan-A tornado briefly developed over heavily-wooded terrain. It was witnessed by several storm spotters. A damage survey team could not access the area where the tornado likely occurred.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDegnan-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Wilburton measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDegnan-The Oklahoma Mesonet station southwest of Wilburton measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDegnan-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Wilburton measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindDegnan-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Wilburton measured 58 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDegnan-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Wilburton measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.

Every storm recorded in Latimer 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
Center Point2.1 miles15
Patterson2.6 miles16
Wilburton3.1 miles15
Bowers4.2 miles16
Chilli4.4 miles16
Lutie5.1 miles15
Damon6.8 miles16
Drumb6.9 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122569422The 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 1100346. 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.