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Lane, Oklahoma

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Central Atoka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74555. It stands on North Branch Double Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lane quadrangle. 300 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 581 feet above sea level.

Lane within Atoka County

Population over time

2 figures

Lane fell from 414 to 300 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
2010414
2020300-114 (-28%)

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.

Fires near this place

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Lane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,829 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 58 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/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Debris and open burning14
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use7
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
3 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2011Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10563
11 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 August 2001Natural1.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
28 August 2003Natural3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10396
26 August 2003Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10391
12 August 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
1 August 2012Arson/incendiarism15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10172

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atoka County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lane: 16 past producers. None of them 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Atoka County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lane in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 26 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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
September 2006Tornado (F1)Lane$75,000A tornado touched down 4 miles south-southwest of Lane and moved east causing some damage before lifting 4 miles east of Farris. The roof of a barn was damaged along with several large oak trees uprooted 4 miles south and 0.5 mile west of Lane. Trees were downed in several locations along the tornado path. A farm 4 miles east and 0.5 mile south of Farris sustained some damage. Several feed barns were destroyed with some of the 2x4's driven through the roof of the residence. Many trees had their tops snapped off. Debris from the barns was found in trees from the house to the east and southeast for about 1000 feet. Some of the metal was wrapped around and in the bigger trees. The F1 tornado moved across the ground for approximately 11 miles before lifting.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindLane$50,000Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted a four-foot tree, which fell onto a truck.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLane$25,000Several trees and power poles were blown down along Research and South Iron Stob Roads from near Oklahoma State Highway 3 to Blackjack Road. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from both radar observations and wind gusts at the nearby Lane Mesonet.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLane$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down at multiple locations across southern Atoka County. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindLane$5,000Many live oak trees, approximately 1.5 to 2 foot in diameter, were twisted and broken off about 8 feet above the ground. The trees were downed in approximately a 30 to 40 square foot area.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLane$2,500Fences and three to eight inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLane$1,000Back porch tin awning torn off, freezer moved off porch.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindLane$500no account filed
April 2025HailLane-The report was relayed through Spotter Network. Event time adjusted based on radar observations.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLane-Lane (LANE) Mesonet observation.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLane-Lane (LANE) Mesonet observation.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindLane-Lane (LANE) Mesonet observation.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLane-Social media video showing several large trees blown down. Time is radar estimated.
June 2019HailLane-Time estimated from radar.
June 2019Flash FloodLane-Pictures from social media show water over OK highway 3 near Double Spring Road.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLane-The Lane mesonet site reported a wind gust to 69 mph at 3:40pm CDT. No damage was reported.
June 1994HailLane-A thunderstorm in southeast Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 20th produced hail up to dime-size. Cleveland County SW Oklahoma City ,24,1625CST,,,0,0,?,?,Hail (0.75) W Norman ,24,1640CST,,,0,0,?,?,Hail (0.75)
February 1994HailLane-Thunderstorms in central and eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and early evening hours on the 19th produced hail up to quarter-size and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a church in Newalla, resulted in minor roof damage to a home seven miles east-southeast of Moore, damaged several outbuildings and downed trees in McLoud, tore a patio roof off a house in Newalla and ripped a section of the roof off an apartment complex in Norman. Lightning started a fire which resulted in $18,000 in damage to a house in the 6400 block of Westlane in Oklahoma City.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindLane-no account filed
June 2023HailLane-no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLane-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLane-no account filed
November 2018Thunderstorm WindLane-no account filed
June 2011HailLane-no account filed
March 2008HailLane-no account filed
March 2008HailLane-no account filed
March 2008HailLane-no account filed
September 2006HailLane-no account filed
September 2006HailLane-no account filed
September 2006Thunderstorm WindLane-no account filed
September 2006HailLane-no account filed
April 2005HailLane-no account filed
April 2004HailLane-no account filed
April 2004HailLane-no account filed
August 2003HailLane-no account filed
April 2001HailLane-no account filed
April 1998HailLane-no account filed
April 1998HailLane-no account filed
April 1998HailLane-no account filed
April 1998HailLane-no account filed
April 1996HailLane-no account filed
April 1994HailLane-no account filed
March 1994HailLane-no account filed
April 1994HailLane-no account filed
April 1994HailLane-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atoka 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
Negro Bend3.4 miles17
Half Bank Crossing3.9 miles16
Payton Crossing5.1 miles17
Bruno5.6 miles16
Crystal5.8 miles15
Farris6.9 miles17
Old Farris7.1 miles15
Bentley7.5 miles15

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 LaneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3460043The 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 1094499. 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.