Lehigh, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Coal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74556. The Survey maps it on the Lehigh quadrangle. 272 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
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On record in Lehigh
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
- Merchants National Bank Buildinglisted 2006
- Benjamin Franklin Smallwood Houselisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresLehigh fell from 356 to 272 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 | 356 | |
| 2020 | 272 | -84 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1899 USGS Atoka quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Atoka quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Lehigh quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Ardmore quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tishomingo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lehigh between 1996 and 2018, burning about 253 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 175 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Talihina Agency | COALGROUND |
| 27 February 2006 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Talihina Agency | THORNBUSH |
| 26 February 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Talihina Agency | BRADY |
| 19 February 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Chickasaw Agency | COALGATE1 |
| 19 February 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Chickasaw Agency | COALGATE2 |
| 16 February 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Talihina Agency | STRINGTOWN |
| 26 January 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | Talihina Agency | AVANZIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lehigh in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 19 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | $100,000 | Shingles were blown off many roofs. Some sheds and porches were damaged. Numerous trees were downed and some trees were blown onto homes. A few barns were also destroyed. Some power poles were snapped. A mobile home was also destroyed. The roof and one end of the mobile home was ripped off. The metal roof of a chicken pen was ripped off along with dog pens blown away. One of the roosters in the chicken pen was plucked of all feathers. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Lehigh | $75,000 | The roof of a home was damaged, a shed destroyed and numerous trees were damaged just west of the Coal-Atoka County line near E1770 Road. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Lehigh | $30,000 | Although the center line of this tornado did not move into Coal County from Atoka County until one-third of a mile west of US-75, the north edge of the tornado had expanded into Coal County producing tree damage 7 miles farther west, to the west of NS-376 Road. As the tornado approached US-75, the tornado produced slight roof damage to a house on Mockingbird Lane just north of the county line. The tornado damaged a radio station building at US-75 as the center line crossed into Coal County and began moving northeast. The tornado continued moving northeast through a rural area of southeastern Coal County before turning back to the east and moving into Atoka County near EW-177 Road. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Lehigh | $30,000 | Emergency management and spotters reported a tornado near Lehigh. Damage to trees and outbuildings occurred. Damages estimated. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | $10,000 | Roof damage, church in town had metal roof peeled off and hanging in power lines. Power lines downed and tree damage. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Lehigh | $5,000 | The Lehigh cooperative observer noted a 20-30 yard wide path of damage to Blackjack Oak trees southwest of Lehigh. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | $5,000 | Several tree limbs greater than six inches in diameter were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | $2,000 | A 36-inch diameter tree was blown down. Several smaller trees/limbs were blown down as well. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | $10 | Tree limbs were downed. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | - | Several trees downed. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | - | Estimated severe wind gust. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | - | Some damage to trees and vegetation. No structural damage at this time. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Lehigh | - | Localized flooding with water covering the roadway on SH 3 south of Lehigh. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Lehigh | - | Localized flooding with water covering the roadway on SH 3 south of Lehigh. |
| December 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Lehigh | - | A brief tornado developed with an otherwise non-severe line of thunderstorms west of Lehigh. This tornado heavily damaged two buildings on a farm with some of the debris blown to the northwest at right angles to the storm motion. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Lehigh | - | Localized flooding with water covering the roadway on SH 3 south of Lehigh. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | - | No damage reported. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Lehigh | - | Water was over the road on city road 1760. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Lehigh | - | A high Water rescue was reported on Hwy 3 just south of Lehigh. The highway was eventually closed between Coal and Atoka counties. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | - | Co-op observer reported a gust to 80 mph 4 miles SW of Lehigh. |
| January 2002 | Hail | Lehigh | - | Hail was reported near Highway 75. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| November 2024 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lehigh | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Lehigh | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Coalgate | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cottonwood | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Olney | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cairo | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Clarita | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Centrahoma | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Tupelo | 14.4 miles | 14 |
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 Lehigh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1909093 | 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 1094575. 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.
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.





