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Foyil, Oklahoma

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Claremore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74017. The Survey maps it on the Foyil quadrangle. 368 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.

Foyil within Rogers County

On record in Foyil

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

Foyil grew from 234 to 368 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
2000234
2010344+110 (+47%)
2020368+24 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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.

Photographs

8 of 9 photographs shown, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

The open top of the main tower at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
The open top of the main tower at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
The decorated gift shop and museum at Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in the remote crossroads of Foyil in northeast Oklahoma
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Rogers County

Fires near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Foyil in 2010, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/incendiarism1

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
1 April 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30240

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rogers County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Foyil: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Leco Materials Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rogers County

Storms near this place

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foyil in 32 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFoyil1 hurt, $50,000Law enforcement reported 65 mile an hour winds at Foyil. This wind caused damage to trees and power poles. The winds also blew down a metal shed at the football stadium. The falling shed injured a four year old girl who was at the location to watch a scrimmage. The girl was transported to the nearest hospital to be treated.
May 2009Flash FloodFoyil$25,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding across the northeast part of Rogers County during the morning hours of the 1st. Highway 28 on the southeast side of Chelsea had to be closed and numerous county roads had to be closed. Water also entered some businesses in the city of Chelsea.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindFoyil$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew the roof off one mobile home and blew another mobile home off its foundation.
June 2025HailFoyil$20,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
March 1999Tornado (F1)Foyil$20,000A garage was heavily damaged by an F1 tornado. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a tornado 4 miles west of Chelsea near Allen Point. Several mobile homes in the Spencer Creek mobile home park sustained roof and siding damage.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindFoyil$20,000A mobile home was blown onto a highway and destroyed. However, it should be noted that the mobile home had not yet been tied down.
May 2020HailFoyil$15,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindFoyil$10,000Numerous trees were uprooted or blown down. Several trees were blown over onto power lines. Tree limbs were blown into roads. At the Washington Cemetery, grave markers were blown over and large trees were uprooted.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFoyil$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew a porch off a house. Trees were also blown down.
March 1999Tornado (F1)Foyil$5,000A brief F1-tornado touchdown ripped the roof off of a block house.
August 2017HailFoyil$5,000no account filed
March 2015HailFoyil$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindFoyil$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFoyil$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power poles.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindFoyil$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees and power lines.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFoyil$100Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs in Chelsea.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindFoyil-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
April 2008HailFoyil-Penny size hail fell at Chelsea.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindFoyil-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree.
December 2003HailFoyil-Penny size hail was reported at Chelsea.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindFoyil-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew large tree limbs down.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindFoyil-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew large tree limbs down in Chelsea.
December 2002HailFoyil-Nickel size hail fell at Chelsea.
May 2002HailFoyil-Quarter size hail was reported in Chelsea.
June 2025HailFoyil-no account filed
November 2022HailFoyil-no account filed
May 2019HailFoyil-no account filed
April 2015HailFoyil-no account filed
May 2003HailFoyil-no account filed
March 1996HailFoyil-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFoyil-no account filed
June 1995HailFoyil-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rogers 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
Bushyhead2.3 miles16
Hisle3.7 miles16
Sequoyah4.8 miles20
Oowala5.1 miles19
Howard5.3 miles16
Edgewater Acres5.8 miles19
Degroat8.1 miles20
Sageeyah8.3 miles20

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 FoyilAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2512255The 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 1100428. 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.