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.
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
St. Joseph's Catholic Churchlisted 1980- Hokey's Drugstorelisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresKrebs 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,053 | |
| 2020 | 2,083 | +30 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1898 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Krebs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1938Taken 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.
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1938. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20425 |
| 9 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Talihina Agency | ALDERSON` |
| 5 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Talihina Agency | BREWER FIRE |
| 25 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20459 |
| 20 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20187 |
| 19 August 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20384 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down multiple large trees, blew down power poles and power lines, and damaged homes and outbuildings. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Krebs | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $40,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds which destroyed a concrete outbuilding and damaged another building in the northwest part of the town of Krebs. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Krebs | $30,000 | Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles, homes, and businesses. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour ripped a 60 foot tin roof off a home. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Krebs | $20,000 | Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 miles an hour blew down power lines causing much of Krebs to be without power. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Krebs | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power poles. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto power lines. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged an outbuilding. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Krebs | $600 | A tree and a power line were blown over in the High Hill area. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Krebs | - | Severe flooding was reported in Krebs with several roads under water and flood waters threatening homes. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Krebs | - | Portions of some roads were flooded near Krebs, including Highway 270. A swift water rescue was conducted on Krebs Lake Road. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Krebs | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Krebs | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Krebs | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Krebs | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Krebs | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Krebs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q427766 | The 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.









