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Jamesville, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Haskell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74436. The Survey maps it on the Haskell quadrangle.

Jamesville within Muskogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Jamesville between 2006 and 2011, burning about 130 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
13 February 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20047
12 February 2006Arson/incendiarism14 acresOkmulgee Field OfficeINBETWEEN FIRE
3 December 2010Arson/incendiarism40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20279
31 October 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30494
6 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresCherokee Nation TribeSTATE33
29 January 2011Arson/incendiarism35 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30044

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskogee 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 Jamesville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muskogee County

Storms near this place

33 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamesville in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flash flood, 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
May 2011Tornado (EF2)Jamesville$100,000This is the first of two segments of this tornado. In Muskogee County, the tornado destroyed a mobile home and a barn, damaged several other permanent homes, and snapped power poles and large trees. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was about 125 mph. The tornado continued into Wagoner County, Oklahoma. Several storm chasers, storm spotters, and citizens witnessed this tornado.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindJamesville$30,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed an outbuilding.
March 2016HailJamesville$15,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindJamesville$5,000Part of the roof of a barn was blown off.
March 2016HailJamesville$5,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindJamesville$2,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged the roof to a house and blew down several large tree limbs.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindJamesville$500Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindJamesville-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Haskell measured thunderstorm wind gusts up to 65 mph.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindJamesville-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Haskell measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Jamesville-This tornado developed south of W 33rd St S and west of N 194th St W, and moved northeast crossing Highway 62 near the intersection of Highway 16. It dissipated near the Arkansas River. The tornado uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJamesville-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Haskell measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindJamesville-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Haskell measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindJamesville-The Oklahoma Mesonet station south of Haskell measured 67 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2017Flash FloodJamesville-Numerous roads across the county were flooded and impassable. Some roads were washed out, and one bridge was damaged.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindJamesville-The Oklahoma Mesonet station south of Haskell measured 63 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJamesville-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Haskell measured 81 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJamesville-Large trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindJamesville-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Haskell measured 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJamesville-The Oklahoma Mesonet station near Haskell measured 64 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindJamesville-A storm chaser estimated 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts, likely associated with the rear flank downdraft of the supercell that produced the tornado that went through portions of Haskell.
January 2008Flash FloodJamesville-Heavy rains caused secondary roads to be flooded near Jamesville.
January 2008HailJamesville-no account filed
January 2008HailJamesville-no account filed
May 2008HailJamesville-no account filed
April 2004HailJamesville-no account filed
March 2000HailJamesville-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindJamesville-no account filed
September 1999HailJamesville-no account filed
April 1999HailJamesville-no account filed
April 1999HailJamesville-no account filed
June 1996HailJamesville-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindJamesville-no account filed
October 1993HailJamesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muskogee 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
Yahola1.9 miles14
Haskell4.8 miles15
Taft5.0 miles14
Midway5.7 miles15
Beland7.1 miles14
Boynton7.4 miles15
Flusche8.2 miles14
Crekola8.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100534. 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.