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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.

Earlsboro within Pottawatomie County

Population over time

2 figures

Earlsboro 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.

YearPeople Change
2010628
2020594-34 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

29 since 2005

Regional 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarism48 acresWewoka AgencyHORSE TRAIL
22 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use19 acresWewoka AgencyBULL SNAKE
4 July 2011Fireworks1.0 acresKickapoo Field OfficeSPARKLER BOMB
28 July 2019Arson/incendiarism14 acresWewoka AgencyWHITE DOG
24 July 2019Debris and open burning15 acresWewoka AgencyECO
30 March 2005Equipment and vehicle use200 acresWewoka AgencySHORT
2 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined135 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryOAK SNAG
2 March 2017Debris and open burning161 acresWewoka Agency3510

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pottawatomie County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pottawatomie County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Tornado (EF2)Earlsboro$200,000This 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 2022Tornado (EF1)Earlsboro$10,000The 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 2000Flash FloodEarlsboro$3,000A car was submerged up to the doors in water at the intersection of State Highway 9a and State Highway 9.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindEarlsboro$2,500Two large power poles were downed.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindEarlsboro$500Trees were downed.
April 2025HailEarlsboro-Relayed images.
November 2025HailEarlsboro-An image was relayed. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2022Flash FloodEarlsboro-Up to a foot of water covering the road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindEarlsboro-No damage reported.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindEarlsboro-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 2011HailEarlsboro-The hail was reported near the intersection of Highways 3E and 99A.
June 2007FloodEarlsboro-State HWY 9 was flooded and impassable.
May 2018HailEarlsboro-no account filed
March 2015HailEarlsboro-no account filed
May 2011HailEarlsboro-no account filed
July 2002HailEarlsboro-no account filed
March 1997HailEarlsboro-no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindEarlsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pottawatomie 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
Harjo4.0 miles13
Neal4.6 miles12
Shawnee Town (historical)5.8 miles15
Tecumseh7.1 miles15
Shawnee7.7 miles15
Econtuchka9.6 miles12
Johnson9.7 miles12
Brooksville10.0 miles14

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 EarlsboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2550122The 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.