Lequire, Oklahoma
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the McCurtain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74944. It stands on Andrew Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lequire quadrangle. 127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1900 USGS Sansbois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Sans Bois quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Sans Bois quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Sansbois quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lequire quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Lequire quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Eufaula quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Lequire between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,844 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20225 |
| 29 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20420 |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | AIRPORT |
| 6 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20431 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lequire in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 14 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | $75,000 | A single family home was damaged by thunderstorm winds. Several outbuildings and trailers were also severely damaged by the wind. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew down power poles and destroyed outbuildings and barns. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Lequire | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | $5,000 | An isolated severe thunderstorm during the early morning hours of the 2nd produced strong winds which blew siding off the side of a house 1.5 miles east of Lequire. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Lequire | $1,000 | An F1 tornado that started in Latimer County 2 miles south of Panola eventually moved across the Hasell-Latimer County line, downing numerous trees 2 miles south of Lequire in extreme southern Haskell County before this tornado lifted. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Lequire | - | Several rural roads were flooded. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Lequire | - | Numerous roads were flooded in and around Lequire as well as across the rural areas of southeast Haskell County. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Lequire | - | Heavy rain caused several secondary roads in the southeast part of Haskell County to be closed due to high water. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| January 2018 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Lequire | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Lequire | - | 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 Lequire | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6528726 | 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 1094586. 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.










