Earlsboro, Oklahoma
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74840. The Survey maps it on the Earlsboro quadrangle. 594 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEarlsboro fell from 628 to 594 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 628 | |
| 2020 | 594 | -34 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1896 USGS Seminole and Prague quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Earlsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Earlsboro between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,574 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 acres | Wewoka Agency | HORSE TRAIL |
| 22 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 19 acres | Wewoka Agency | BULL SNAKE |
| 4 July 2011 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Kickapoo Field Office | SPARKLER BOMB |
| 28 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Wewoka Agency | WHITE DOG |
| 24 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Wewoka Agency | ECO |
| 30 March 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Wewoka Agency | SHORT |
| 2 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 135 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | OAK SNAG |
| 2 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 161 acres | Wewoka Agency | 3510 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Earlsboro: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Earlsboro in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Earlsboro | $200,000 | This tornado touched down initially just southeast of the town of Earlsboro and made a looping path striking Earlsboro. The tornado initially moved northeast, then north about one-half mile west of the Pottawatomie-Seminole County line, then turned northwest and west along and north of Bob Crouch Road to the northeast of Earlsboro. The tornado then moved southeast and south across the east side of Earlsboro moving down Willie Stargell Avenue. The most significant damage was near the end of the path a mobile home, metal buildings and a outbuilding were destroyed. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Earlsboro | $10,000 | The second Earlsboro tornado began nearly in the same spot that the first one developed (and dissipated). The first damage to trees and buildings was noted just east of the Union Pacific tracks along SH-9/US-270. The tornado then moved to briefly to the southeast before turning to the east. The tornado moved into Seminole County near SH-9/US-270. |
| April 2000 | Flash Flood | Earlsboro | $3,000 | A car was submerged up to the doors in water at the intersection of State Highway 9a and State Highway 9. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earlsboro | $2,500 | Two large power poles were downed. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earlsboro | $500 | Trees were downed. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Earlsboro | - | Relayed images. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Earlsboro | - | An image was relayed. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Earlsboro | - | Up to a foot of water covering the road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earlsboro | - | No damage reported. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earlsboro | - | A few outbuildings were damaged after being moved 10 to 15 feet off of their foundation. An 8 inch diameter tree was also blown over. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Earlsboro | - | The hail was reported near the intersection of Highways 3E and 99A. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Earlsboro | - | State HWY 9 was flooded and impassable. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Earlsboro | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Earlsboro | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Earlsboro | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Earlsboro | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Earlsboro | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earlsboro | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harjo | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Neal | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Shawnee Town (historical) | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tecumseh | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Shawnee | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Econtuchka | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Johnson | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Brooksville | 10.0 miles | 14 |
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 Earlsboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2550122 | 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 1092345. 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.






