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Dustin, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wetumka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74839. The Survey maps it on the Dustin quadrangle. 327 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 715 feet above sea level.

Dustin within Hughes County

On record in Dustin

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

Population over time

3 figures

Dustin fell from 452 to 327 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
2000452
2010395-57 (-13%)
2020327-68 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

64 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Dustin between 2004 and 2020, burning about 45,209 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism18
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 August 2016Debris and open burning7.3 acresOkmulgee Field OfficePROCTOR
29 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeDON'T KNOW
7 July 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution560 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeTURNPIKE
9 April 2014Debris and open burning55 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHONEYMOON
8 April 2020Arson/incendiarism14 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeLANDMARK
7 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined294 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHORSE FLY
6 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined880 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHONKA
4 April 2011Debris and open burning4,620 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeSOUTH 160

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hughes County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dustin: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Ash PitPumicePast Producer
Unknown Ash PitPumicePast Producer
Unknown Ash PitPumicePast Producer

Every working recorded in Hughes County

Storms near this place

22 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dustin in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2015: 14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2001Tornado (F2)Dustin$175,000A damage survey conducted by National Severe Storms Laboratory meteorologists confirmed F2 damage approximately 6 miles southwest of Dustin, when 80 percent of a house roof was blown off. As the tornado moved east-northeast sporadic roof damage was sustained to other homes; an antenna was wrapped around a telephone pole; trees were damaged; farm buildings were destroyed; power poles were bent, and two feeders were bent up. The tornado then tracked into McIntosh County. See storm data from the National Weather Service Office in Tulsa for more information on the McIntosh County segment of this tornado. Eye witnesses described the tornado as multiple-vortex.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindDustin$25,000Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn and feed silo and lifted a mobile home from its foundation, causing extensive damage. A dog pen was also lifted and blown onto a dog, killing the animal. A large tree was uprooted at this same location.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDustin$3,000Tree blown on to roof of house.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDustin$2,000Power poles downed by wind.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDustin$1,500A tree was blown down by high winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDustin-No damage reported.
September 2012HailDustin-Post office reported 1 hail.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Dustin-Tornado touched down briefly. No damage was reported.
May 1994HailDustin-Severe thunderstorms developed in portions of north-central Oklahoma during the afternoon and early evening hours on the 6th and moved south through portions of central and into southeast Oklahoma. These storms produce four weak brief tornadoes, hail up to softball-size and damaging winds. Weak tornadoes briefly touched down near Kildare at 1630 CST, four miles east-southeast of Yale at 2050 CST, two miles north-northeast of Ripley at 2112 CST, and six miles south of Stroud at 2245 CST. All of these tornadoes touched down in open fields and no damage was reported. Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a well house eight miles southeast of Newkirk, destroyed a barn three miles north of Yale and just north of Yale, downed power lines one and one-half miles east of Yale and one mile west of Kaw City, and downed tree limbs in Cromwell.
May 1994HailDustin-Severe thunderstorms developed in portions of north-central Oklahoma during the afternoon and early evening hours on the 6th and moved south through portions of central and into southeast Oklahoma. These storms produce four weak brief tornadoes, hail up to softball-size and damaging winds. Weak tornadoes briefly touched down near Kildare at 1630 CST, four miles east-southeast of Yale at 2050 CST, two miles north-northeast of Ripley at 2112 CST, and six miles south of Stroud at 2245 CST. All of these tornadoes touched down in open fields and no damage was reported. Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a well house eight miles southeast of Newkirk, destroyed a barn three miles north of Yale and just north of Yale, downed power lines one and one-half miles east of Yale and one mile west of Kaw City, and downed tree limbs in Cromwell.
October 2011HailDustin-no account filed
April 2009HailDustin-no account filed
May 2008HailDustin-no account filed
May 2008HailDustin-no account filed
May 2008HailDustin-no account filed
March 2006HailDustin-no account filed
April 2005HailDustin-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDustin-no account filed
May 2003HailDustin-no account filed
May 2001HailDustin-no account filed
September 1999HailDustin-no account filed
March 1994HailDustin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hughes 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
Carson7.8 miles13
Wetumka11.4 miles13
Lamar12.9 miles12
Horntown17.1 miles12
Yeager18.1 miles12
Cross Roads21.6 miles12
Holdenville23.5 miles12
Calvin23.9 miles13

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 DustinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2278381The 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 1092315. 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.