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Howe, 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 74940. The Survey maps it on the Wister quadrangle. 625 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 489 feet above sea level.

Howe within Le Flore County

Population over time

2 figures

Howe fell from 802 to 625 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
2010802
2020625-177 (-22%)

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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Howe between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,538 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism125 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20228
5 September 2002Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry20369
16 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use18 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20359
5 August 2011Smoking20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20399

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Le Flore 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 Howe: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Le Flore County

Storms near this place

28 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howe in 28 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2019HailHowe$50,000no account filed
July 2012HailHowe$25,000no account filed
January 2023HailHowe$15,000Ping pong ball size hail damaged vehicles and homes.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Howe$10,000An anticyclonic tornado damaged a barn and snapped or uprooted trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 100 mph.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHowe$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and destroyed a barn.
September 2020Flash FloodHowe$5,000Portions of numerous roads were flooded and closed throughout Le Flore County. Multiple swift water rescues were conducted.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHowe$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed a shed.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHowe$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down small trees and power lines.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHowe$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHowe$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and damaged outbuildings.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindHowe$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines on Highway 59.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHowe$1,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines on Morris Creek Road near Poteau Mountain Road.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindHowe-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees on Morris Creek Road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindHowe-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHowe-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHowe-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHowe-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a large tree along Morris Creek Road east of Howe.
May 2020HailHowe-no account filed
April 2017HailHowe-no account filed
March 2016HailHowe-no account filed
March 2016HailHowe-no account filed
February 2013HailHowe-no account filed
March 2008HailHowe-no account filed
March 2008HailHowe-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindHowe-no account filed
May 2003HailHowe-no account filed
February 1998HailHowe-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindHowe-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
Forest Hill1.9 miles17
Cavanal3.8 miles17
Yerby4.0 miles16
Glendale4.3 miles17
Smacker4.5 miles16
Heavener4.7 miles17
Wister4.8 miles17
Independence5.2 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 HoweAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2232828The 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 1093983. 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.