Eucha, Oklahoma
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Jay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74342. The Survey maps it on the Chloeta quadrangle. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Chloeta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
536 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 536 fires within 5 miles of Eucha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,313 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 223 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/incendiarism | 223 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 176 |
| Debris and open burning | 66 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Cherokee Nation Tribe | GRAVEL PIT |
| 5 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30479 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eucha in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Eucha | 3 hurt, $100,000 | A tornado destroyed a mobile home, injuring three people. Several other mobile homes were severely damaged. Trees were snapped or uprooted. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 125 mph. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Eucha | $15,000 | Hail larger than golf ball size damaged vehicles and homes. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eucha | $500 | Park ranger reported numerous large tree limbs down |
| October 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Eucha | - | This tornado developed along the leading edge of a strong convective line of thunderstorms, west of County Road 586, and south of Eucha Lake. It moved northeast across Highway 59, and dissipated north of County Road 458, and east of Eucha Lake. The tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees along its path. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eucha | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a few trees down. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eucha | - | no account filed |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eucha | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eucha | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tagg Flats | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Old Eucha | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Jay | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Chloeta | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Brush Creek | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bull Hollow | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Zena | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| Kenwood | 7.6 miles | 19 |
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 Eucha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5405796 | 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 1100400. 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.
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.







