Langley, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Mayes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74350. It stands on Summerfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spavinaw quadrangle. 606 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
On record in Langley
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 1 record
Pensacola Damlisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresLangley fell from 819 to 606 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 | 819 | |
| 2020 | 606 | -213 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1896 USGS Pryor quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Pryor quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Spavinaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Langley between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,176 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 34 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cherokee Nation Tribe | HWY 20 |
| 6 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30415 |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30414 |
| 10 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30569 |
| 25 July 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Langley: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Limestone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langley in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Hail | Langley | $150,000 | Large hail damaged vehicles, and the roofs of homes and businesses. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a restaurant, snapped large tree limbs, and blew down power lines. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | $4,000 | Windows were blown out of a brick house, a large old tree was uprooted, and a pontoon boat was tossed from its trailer. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Langley | $3,000 | This tornado snapped large tree limbs and blew down a few power poles. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 80 mph. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the shingles of several homes and blew down large tree limbs. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down onto power lines. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Langley | - | Portions of Highway 82 were closed between Langley and Spavinaw due to flooding. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Langley | - | Several roadways and low water crossings were reported flooded. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Langley | - | Heavy rains resulted in water covering rural roads between Spavinaw and Langley. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Langley | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Langley | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Langley | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Langley | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langley | - | 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 Langley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2156024 | 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 1094505. 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.






