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Keota, Oklahoma

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Keota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74941. It stands on Elm Branch. The Survey maps it on the Keota quadrangle. 437 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 502 feet above sea level.

Keota within Haskell County

Population over time

2 figures

Keota fell from 564 to 437 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
2010564
2020437-127 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Keota between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,917 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
20 September 2006Arson/incendiarism16 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20478
14 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined190 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryFISHERMANS CORNER
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined155 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryMILLER-LACKEY
7 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryPIG FIRE
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20147
2 August 1998Arson/incendiarism22 acresTalihina Agency86
7 July 2011Arson/incendiarism350 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20339
7 July 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20338

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haskell 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 Keota: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Haskell County

Storms near this place

47 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keota in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 5 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
May 2022HailKeota$30,000Golf ball size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindKeota$30,000A large tree fell onto a house, significantly damaging the structure.
June 2001Flash FloodKeota$20,000Four to six inches of rain caused several roads and low water bridges to be washed out.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindKeota$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour damage house.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindKeota$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew trees down and damage the roofs of several homes.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindKeota$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs and damaged the roofs of homes.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindKeota$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home and snapped many large tree limbs.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKeota$5,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew the roof off a barn and blew down several trees.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindKeota$3,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKeota$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindKeota$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKeota$500Several trees were blown down over OK Hwy 9 near Keota.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKeota$200Trees were blown down in Keota.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindKeota-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindKeota-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindKeota-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindKeota-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous large tree limbs.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindKeota-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down large tree limbs.
July 2010Flash FloodKeota-Heavy rain flooded rural roads near town.
March 2008Flash FloodKeota-Heavy rain caused water to flow over State Highway 9 east of Keota.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindKeota-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large trees.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindKeota-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindKeota-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2005Flash FloodKeota-Numerous roads in and around town were barricaded due to flooding.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindKeota-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
May 2001Flash FloodKeota-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over Highway 9.
October 1995HailKeota-Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the morning of October 2nd and produced dime-size hail at Vernon, just south of Eufaula, and at Keota.
March 2024HailKeota-no account filed
March 2009HailKeota-no account filed
March 2009HailKeota-no account filed
April 2008HailKeota-no account filed
May 2008HailKeota-no account filed
March 2007HailKeota-no account filed
March 2006HailKeota-no account filed
March 2006HailKeota-no account filed
April 2005HailKeota-no account filed
April 2004HailKeota-no account filed
June 2004HailKeota-no account filed
June 2004HailKeota-no account filed
May 2003HailKeota-no account filed
May 2002HailKeota-no account filed
May 2001HailKeota-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindKeota-no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindKeota-no account filed
April 1995HailKeota-no account filed
January 1995HailKeota-no account filed
May 1995HailKeota-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Haskell 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
Ironbridge2.2 miles15
Cartersville4.4 miles16
Star4.9 miles15
Red Hill6.4 miles14
McCurtain7.8 miles15
Garland8.2 miles14
Panther9.3 miles15
Tamaha10.2 miles16

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 KeotaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2411165The 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 1094338. 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.