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Indianola, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the North Central Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74442. The Survey maps it on the Indianola quadrangle. 148 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 653 feet above sea level.

Indianola within Pittsburg County

On record in Indianola

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

2 figures

Indianola fell from 162 to 148 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
2010162
2020148-14 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

112 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Indianola between 1996 and 2020, burning about 10,307 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 61 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/incendiarism61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
26 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeHANNA #19
26 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeHANNA # 20
26 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeHANNA #18
26 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeHANNA #17
26 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeHANNA #16
26 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeHANNA #13
26 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeHANNA #6
26 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOkmulgee Field OfficeHANNA #21

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Indianola: 1 past producer, 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
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indianola in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 hail, 7 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
May 1997Tornado (F3)Indianola1 hurt, $100,000no account filed
September 2010Flash FloodIndianola$150,000The Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office reported Highway 113 between Canadian and Indianola flooded, as well as Highway 69 in the Canadian area. Numerous other roads in the northern portion of the county were closed due to flooding. Some of those roads, along with tin horns and even a bridge, were washed out.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindIndianola$100,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees, destroyed several outbuildings, and damaged the roofs of homes.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindIndianola$100,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of several homes, destroyed several outbuildings, and blew down trees.
September 2023HailIndianola$30,000Hail larger than golf ball size damaged homes and vehicles.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindIndianola$10,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roofs of several homes.
April 2020HailIndianola-no account filed
June 2009HailIndianola-no account filed
June 2008HailIndianola-no account filed
May 2008HailIndianola-no account filed
May 2006HailIndianola-no account filed
March 2005HailIndianola-no account filed
April 2004HailIndianola-no account filed
May 2003HailIndianola-no account filed
April 2003HailIndianola-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindIndianola-no account filed
April 2000HailIndianola-no account filed
June 1998Tornado (F0)Indianola-no account filed
March 1998HailIndianola-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindIndianola-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindIndianola-no account filed
March 1996HailIndianola-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindIndianola-no account filed
April 1995HailIndianola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pittsburg 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
Canadian Shores2.0 miles14
Sams Point4.8 miles14
Crowder6.2 miles14
Canadian6.4 miles14
Ulan6.7 miles14
Reams7.8 miles14
Bristow Point9.1 miles17
Massey Point9.7 miles14

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 IndianolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2949138The 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 1094100. 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.