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Hodgen, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Heavener census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74939. It stands on Black Fork. The Survey maps it on the Hodgen quadrangle. 62 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 541 feet above sea level.

Hodgen within Le Flore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Hodgen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,567 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning26
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20229
6 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresOuachita National ForestCHOCTAW 31
18 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20423
18 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20362
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National ForestWALKER MTN#5
9 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20412
8 August 2006Natural10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20432

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hodgen: 1 past producer. 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

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hodgen in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 17 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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
March 2000Tornado (F2)Hodgen$1,200,000A tornado touched down 1.5 miles northwest of Hodgen and moved southeast passing near the town of Hodgen before lifting 2 miles southeast of Hodgen. Three mobile homes were destroyed and as many as eight others were damaged. In addition, two broiler houses were destroyed, killing all the chickens inside.A few other agriculture structures were damaged and a few power lines were blown down.
May 2005HailHodgen$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large trees and demolished a home which was under construction.
May 2020HailHodgen$15,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHodgen$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindHodgen$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour damaged a school building.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHodgen$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs, and blew down a couple power poles.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHodgen$300Trees were blown down in Hodgen.
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Hodgen-This tornado was observed by storm chasers. It developed south of Heavener and moved east, dissipating southeast of Heavener. The only damage that could be found within its path was snapped tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 80 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHodgen-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindHodgen-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees in the Haw Creek community.
October 1995HailHodgen-Isolated severe thunderstorms redeveloped in extreme eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of October 2nd and produced dime-size hail at Akins and two miles south of Hodgen.
June 2018HailHodgen-no account filed
April 2014HailHodgen-no account filed
February 2008HailHodgen-no account filed
April 2004HailHodgen-no account filed
April 2004HailHodgen-no account filed
April 2003HailHodgen-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHodgen-no account filed
May 2001HailHodgen-no account filed
May 2001HailHodgen-no account filed
November 2001HailHodgen-no account filed
May 1999HailHodgen-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHodgen-no account filed
January 1999HailHodgen-no account filed
April 1998HailHodgen-no account filed
April 1996HailHodgen-no account filed
April 1993HailHodgen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Le Flore 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
Hodgens Station0.2 miles17
Petros2.3 miles18
Conser2.8 miles17
Hontubby3.5 miles18
Heavener3.7 miles17
Independence4.0 miles17
Zoe5.1 miles17
Forrester5.9 miles18

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 HodgenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12833506The 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 1101465. 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.