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Eagletown, Oklahoma

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Broken Bow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74734. It stands on Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eagletown quadrangle. 404 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 397 feet above sea level.

Eagletown within McCurtain County

On record in Eagletown

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

2 figures

Eagletown fell from 528 to 404 between 2010 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
2010528
2020404-124 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

835 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 835 fires within 5 miles of Eagletown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,224 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 487 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/incendiarism487
Missing data/not specified/undetermined177
Debris and open burning77
Equipment and vehicle use45
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTalihina AgencyNICHOLS
9 September 2004Arson/incendiarism4.1 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry550
9 September 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10325
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina Agency76
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTalihina Agency0445
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10363
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism109 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eagletown: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Anderson Dunham Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
B & B Sand & Gravel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stiles PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagletown in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 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
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Eagletown$5,000Multiple trees were snapped and a small convenience store had roof damage along a 2.5 mile track. The tornado touched down one mile north northwest of Eagletown, Oklahoma on Hwy. 24 then continued east for 2.5 miles ending just north of Hwy. 24. Winds were estimated at 75-85 mph.
April 2009Tornado (EF2)Eagletown$1,000The tornado first touched down in extreme east central McCurtain County just one quarter of a mile from the McCurtain County, Sevier County line. Several trees were downed on the McCurtain County side of the state line with a few power lines downed as well.
May 2001HailEagletown$600Hail smashed a windshield out of a motorists car. Car was sitting still at the time.
April 2025Flash FloodEagletown-Low water crossing along Reed Road flooded just north of U.S. Highway 70.
April 2025Flash FloodEagletown-Low water crossing along Stuffy Road over Liksuklo Creek flooded.
April 2025HailEagletown-Golf ball size hail reported in Eagletown.
April 2025HailEagletown-Hen egg size hail reported just north of Eagletown.
April 2024HailEagletown-Half dollar size hail reported near the Oklahoma and Arkansas state line east of Eagletown.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEagletown-Tree downed on Panki Bok Road in Eagletown.
February 2023FloodEagletown-Flooding at the confluence of Lick Creek and Liksuklo Creek on Reed Road.
March 2023HailEagletown-Quarter size hail reported just north of Eagletown via social media.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindEagletown-Multiple power poles were damaged just southeast of Eagletown.
May 2021Flash FloodEagletown-High water covered several roads in and near Eagletown. Report from a Game Warden.
May 2020HailEagletown-A picture of golf ball size hail that fell between Broken Bow and Eagletown was posted to social media.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEagletown-Wind gusts were estimated near 65 mph in Eagletown.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindEagletown-A tree was blown down on Red Arrow Road just east of Broken Bow.
September 2019Heavy RainEagletown-A seven hour storm total rainfall amount of 7.07 inches was recorded at the Broken Bow Mesonet station about 7 miles east of Broken Bow near the Eagletown community. This was in addition of the 3.07 inches that was recorded on September 20th.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindEagletown-Numerous large tree limbs were downed. A private weather station measured a 66 mph wind gust just northwest of Eagletown.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindEagletown-A few trees and large limbs were downed south of Eagletown.
March 2016HailEagletown-Penny size hail fell in Eagletown.
September 2014Flash FloodEagletown-Several roads were underwater and closed with swift water washing a truck off the road in Eagletown, Oklahoma.
May 2009Flash FloodEagletown-One county road was closed due to excessive heavy rainfall.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindEagletown-High winds downed several tree limbs causing power line damage.
May 2014HailEagletown-no account filed
February 2001HailEagletown-no account filed
August 1999HailEagletown-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindEagletown-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindEagletown-no account filed
April 1994HailEagletown-no account filed
April 1994HailEagletown-no account filed
October 1993HailEagletown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCurtain 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
Tiner3.1 miles17
Buck Creek Landing3.4 miles16
Ultima Thule5.4 miles15
Eagle Town (historical)5.6 miles10
Lukfata (historical)6.1 miles11
Goodwater8.6 miles10
Broken Bow8.7 miles17
Hill Chapel9.8 miles11

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 EagletownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3473909The 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 1092337. 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.