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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.

Langley within Mayes County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Langley 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.

YearPeople Change
2010819
2020606-213 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

71 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCherokee Nation TribeHWY 20
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use20 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry30415
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30414
10 August 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30569
25 July 1997Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mayes County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mayes County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2020HailLangley$150,000Large hail damaged vehicles, and the roofs of homes and businesses.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLangley$15,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a restaurant, snapped large tree limbs, and blew down power lines.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLangley$4,000Windows were blown out of a brick house, a large old tree was uprooted, and a pontoon boat was tossed from its trailer.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Langley$3,000This 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 2012Thunderstorm WindLangley$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the shingles of several homes and blew down large tree limbs.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLangley$2,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down onto power lines.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindLangley-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
December 2015FloodLangley-Portions of Highway 82 were closed between Langley and Spavinaw due to flooding.
April 2013FloodLangley-Several roadways and low water crossings were reported flooded.
July 2010Flash FloodLangley-Heavy rains resulted in water covering rural roads between Spavinaw and Langley.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLangley-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs.
March 2007HailLangley-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindLangley-no account filed
April 2006HailLangley-no account filed
February 2001HailLangley-no account filed
March 1996HailLangley-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLangley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mayes 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
Disney2.1 miles15
Tia Juana2.6 miles15
Grand Lake Towne3.1 miles14
Pensacola4.4 miles15
Spavinaw5.0 miles15
Strang5.7 miles15
Hoot Owl8.2 miles16
Tip10.6 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 LangleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2156024The 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.