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Healdton, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Healdton Central census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73438. It stands on Whisky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Healdton quadrangle. 2,328 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

Healdton within Carter County

On record in Healdton

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

2 figures

Healdton fell from 2,788 to 2,328 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
20102,788
20202,328-460 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

18 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Healdton between 2000 and 2019, burning about 59,593 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1

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
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresChickasaw AgencyCATTLEMEN
31 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChickasaw AgencyEXXON
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresChickasaw AgencySANTA FE ROAD
13 August 2006Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresChickasaw AgencyLATE DAY
15 July 2006Debris and open burning65 acresChickasaw AgencyNO MAN
9 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined56,688 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryLOCO/HEALDTON
16 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution273 acresChickasaw AgencyDILLARD
20 March 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution2.6 acresChickasaw AgencyBABY PRAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carter County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Healdton: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, 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 Sand PitFlagstone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Carter County

Storms near this place

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Healdton in 75 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 41 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 5 tornado. The reports record 8 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1993Thunderstorm WindHealdton6 hurt, $5,000,000no account filed
October 2012Tornado (EF1)Healdton2 hurtA sheriff's deputy encountered a rain-wrapped tornado near Healdton that was embedded within a larger area of severe thunderstorm winds. The tornado developed approximately 3 miles southwest of Healdton and moved northeast toward Healdton Lake. Trees and power lines were damaged along the path. The most significant damage occurred at Healdton Lake where five mobile homes were destroyed. Two injuries reported in one of these homes. The tornado likely dissipated over or just northeast of Healdton Lake.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindHealdton$15,000Some shingles were removed from several houses. Several tree limbs were also downed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHealdton$10,000Power poles were downed on the west side of Healdton.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHealdton$10,000Numerous trees uprooted and large branches broken. Significant damage to football stadium. Time estimate by radar.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHealdton$10,000A storage shed that held athletic equipment was blown onto its side on the south end of Horton Field.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHealdton$7,500Severe winds damage a trailer home and a storage building. Large trees were also downed by the severe thunderstorm winds.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindHealdton$6,000Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph downed 2 trees and destroyed a few outbuildings.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindHealdton$5,000Power poles were damaged. The report was relayed through mPING. The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHealdton$5,000A social media image showing power poles blown down along Arco Road, northwest of the community of Healdton. Location is approximate and event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2020HailHealdton$5,000Damage to a greenhouse, broken window panes.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHealdton$5,000Front door and windows of a house were blown in. A green house sustained structural damage. A roof was partially blown off a barn.
August 1999LightningHealdton$5,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHealdton$2,500Power poles and lines were downed.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindHealdton$500Power lines were downed.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHealdton$500Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Healdton.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHealdton$10no account filed
May 2025HailHealdton-Multiple emergency management and public confirmations of quarter-size hail in the community of Healdton.
May 2025HailHealdton-The report was relayed through mPING.
June 2023HailHealdton-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1740-1750 LST) to report time.
April 2020HailHealdton-Also had a 45 mph wind gusts reported.
May 2020HailHealdton-Time estimate.
May 2019HailHealdton-EM relayed through nwschat. Located at the district 2 barn on mobil Rd.
September 2018Flash FloodHealdton-Road closures due to high water at Mobil road and Airport road in Healdton.
September 2018Flash FloodHealdton-Oil city road and Radar road near Healdton were closed due to flash flooding.
June 2015Flash FloodHealdton-State highway 76 closed in Healdton due to high water.
June 2015Flash FloodHealdton-State highway 76 closed in several locations between Ratliff city and Headlton due to high water.
April 2015HailHealdton-No damage reported.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindHealdton-Trained spotter reported a gust to 61 mph 3 miles south of Healdton.
June 2012HailHealdton-The hail fell at the intersection of Cimmaron and Catllemens road.
November 2011Flash FloodHealdton-A few streets in the town of Healdton were closed due to high water. Other county roads around town were closed as well.
May 2010Tornado (EF2)Healdton-Tornado #E2. Mobile homes were destroyed and seriously damaged and significant tree damage occurred as a tornado moved from 4 miles south-southwest of Healdton to 2 miles north-northwest of Wilson.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHealdton-Several trees and power lines were blown down by the wind.
May 2009HailHealdton-The hail was reported on Mobil Road.
August 2005Flash FloodHealdton-At 3:00 am CST, a county emergency management official reported that Highway 76 near Healdton, OK closed due to floodwaters from Walnut Creek and Whiskey Creek. A local road bridge in Healdton was also overtopped due to flooding along another small creek on the southeast side of Healdton.
August 2005Flash FloodHealdton-At 10:30 pm CST, a county emergency management official reported that Oil City Road near Healdton, OK was closed due to high water along the Oil Branch and another small creek, 2 miles northeast of Healdton, OK.
August 2005Flash FloodHealdton-At 11:00 pm CST, a county emergency management official reported that OK State Highway 53/76 on the east side of Healdton, OK was closed due to high water from a local creek.
August 2005Flash FloodHealdton-Floodwaters from Whiskey Creek and Walnut Creek on the north side of Healdton had overtopped West Lake Road, 2 miles northwest of Healdton, OK, Highway 53/76, one mile north of Healdton, and Airport Road, one mile northeast of Healdton. Floodwaters from these creeks had also inundated a grove of pecan trees along the outskirts of Healdton.
August 2020HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2020HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2020HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2020HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2019HailHealdton-no account filed
October 2018HailHealdton-no account filed
March 2017HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2017HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2012HailHealdton-no account filed
October 2011HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2011HailHealdton-no account filed
June 2011HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2011HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2009HailHealdton-no account filed
June 2009HailHealdton-no account filed
June 2005HailHealdton-no account filed
May 2003HailHealdton-no account filed
April 2002HailHealdton-no account filed
April 2002HailHealdton-no account filed
March 2001HailHealdton-no account filed
October 2000HailHealdton-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindHealdton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carter 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
Wirt2.3 miles14
Dundee3.0 miles14
Zaneis4.2 miles15
Rexroat4.5 miles15
Oil City4.7 miles15
Cobalt Junction5.0 miles14
Dillard5.4 miles15
Wilson5.9 miles15

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 HealdtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2055051The 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 1093636. 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.