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Krebs, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the McAlester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74554. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Krebs quadrangle. 2,083 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 656 feet above sea level.

Krebs within Pittsburg County

On record in Krebs

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Krebs grew from 2,053 to 2,083 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
20102,053
20202,083+30 (+1%)

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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1938

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma.  Bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. In 1936 the father farmed on thirds and fourths at Eagleton, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Was taken sick with pneumonia and lost farm. Unable to get work on Work Prjects [i.e. Projects] Administration and refused county relief in county of fifteen years residence because of temporary residence in another county after his illness
Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma. Bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. In 1936 the father farmed on thirds and fourths at Eagleton, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Was taken sick with pneumonia and lost farm. Unable to get work on Work Prjects [i.e. Projects] Administration and refused county relief in county of fifteen years residence because of temporary residence in another county after his illness
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Krebs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,176 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
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
28 September 2002Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20425
9 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTalihina AgencyALDERSON`
5 August 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTalihina AgencyBREWER FIRE
25 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20459
20 August 2010Debris and open burning40 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20187
19 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry20384

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pittsburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Krebs: 2 past producers, 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
Rice PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pittsburg County

Storms near this place

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Krebs in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindKrebs$50,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple large trees, blew down power poles and power lines, and damaged homes and outbuildings.
June 2009HailKrebs$50,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindKrebs$40,000A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds which destroyed a concrete outbuilding and damaged another building in the northwest part of the town of Krebs.
March 2024HailKrebs$30,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles, homes, and businesses.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindKrebs$25,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour ripped a 60 foot tin roof off a home.
May 2025HailKrebs$20,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindKrebs$10,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 miles an hour blew down power lines causing much of Krebs to be without power.
June 2018HailKrebs$5,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindKrebs$3,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power poles.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindKrebs$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto power lines.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindKrebs$1,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged an outbuilding.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKrebs$600A tree and a power line were blown over in the High Hill area.
May 2017Flash FloodKrebs-Severe flooding was reported in Krebs with several roads under water and flood waters threatening homes.
August 2017Flash FloodKrebs-Portions of some roads were flooded near Krebs, including Highway 270. A swift water rescue was conducted on Krebs Lake Road.
April 2021HailKrebs-no account filed
April 2011HailKrebs-no account filed
April 2007HailKrebs-no account filed
March 2006HailKrebs-no account filed
May 2004HailKrebs-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
Alderson2.3 miles17
Richville2.3 miles17
McAlester2.9 miles18
North McAlester3.1 miles18
Carbon4.1 miles17
Bache4.3 miles17
Frink4.9 miles18
Mekko5.4 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 KrebsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q427766The 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 1094434. 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.