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Garvin, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Idabel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74736. The Survey maps it on the Garvin quadrangle. 177 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 489 feet above sea level.

Garvin within McCurtain County

On record in Garvin

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 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Garvin grew from 143 to 177 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
2000143
2010256+113 (+79%)
2020177-79 (-31%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Garvin between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,490 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTalihina Agency75
30 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10568
3 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresTalihina Agency0413
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2015Arson/incendiarism30 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 2002Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 August 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
5 August 2011Arson/incendiarism25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10420

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Garvin: 22 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Quality Rocks Inc Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
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 McCurtain County

Storms near this place

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garvin in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 1995Thunderstorm WindGarvin$2,000no account filed
March 2026Thunderstorm WindGarvin-The roof was partially peeled back on a home near Garvin.
March 2024HailGarvin-Quarter size hail reported near Garvin.
June 2023HailGarvin-Quarter size hail reported in Garvin.
April 2022HailGarvin-Quarter size hail fell in the Garvin community.
April 2022HailGarvin-Nickel size hail fell a couple of miles south of Garvin.
June 2021Flash FloodGarvin-Little River Road to Golden Glover Road north of Garvin was covered in high swift moving water. A water rescue occurred on Browning Road.
January 2020Flash FloodGarvin-Iron Stob Road north of Highway 37 was flooded.
April 2017Flash FloodGarvin-The intersection of Southeast K Avenue and Madison Street was flooded. Several other streets across Idabel were covered in high water.
April 2017HailGarvin-Quarter size hail fell and damaged a Sheriff's vehicle.
March 2015HailGarvin-Dime size hail was reported south of Garvin, Oklahoma.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindGarvin-A tree was downed on Hwy. 37 at Iron Stob Road south of Garvin, Oklahoma.
June 2004Flash FloodGarvin-Several roads continue to have high water across them near the Holly Creek area.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGarvin-Utility sheds damaged and power lines down.
December 2015HailGarvin-no account filed
April 2009HailGarvin-no account filed
March 2008HailGarvin-no account filed
May 2006HailGarvin-no account filed
April 2004HailGarvin-no account filed
May 2003HailGarvin-no account filed
March 2002Flash FloodGarvin-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
Iron Stob Corner4.0 miles9
Millerton4.4 miles9
Farmers Hill4.5 miles9
Mount Zion5.0 miles9
Golden6.1 miles15
Holly Creek6.9 miles12
Idabel7.4 miles12
Wright City8.0 miles17

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 GarvinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1817457The 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 1093138. 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.