Lookeba, Oklahoma
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Binger-Hinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73053. It lies near Devils Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Binger quadrangle. 78 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,371 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLookeba fell from 166 to 78 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 | 166 | |
| 2020 | 78 | -88 (-53%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Binger quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Binger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Anadarko quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Lookeba between 2000 and 2018, burning about 2,633 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | TYBO |
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | EAST - 2 |
| 6 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | KANUTER |
| 4 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | SMITH |
| 29 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Anadarko Agency | EAZT-LAND |
| 25 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | KANUTE |
| 20 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,920 acres | Anadarko Agency | KEECHI |
| 17 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | MONSTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lookeba: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lookeba in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 16 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lookeba | $10,000 | Social media image showing a center irrigation pivot blown over. Time is radar estimated. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lookeba | $10 | Four inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lookeba | - | No damage reported. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lookeba | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF3) | Lookeba | - | This tornado is labeled Tornado B1 (Lookeba Tornado). This tornado damaged/destroyed several structures and mangled numerous many trees and power poles. The tornado dissipated near the Canadian County line, minutes before the storm produced another tornado in Canadian County that became the EF5 Calumet-El Reno-Piedmont-Guthrie tornado. Monetary damage estimates were not available. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lookeba | - | The quarter- to half dollar-size hail was accompanied by estimated 50 to 60 mph winds. |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Lookeba | - | A total of 8.15 inches of rainfall was recorded over a 24-hour period ending on the 19th. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Lookeba | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lookeba | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Lookeba | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binger | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Sickles | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Three-Way Corner | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hinton | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Albert | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Eakly | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Swan Lake | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Creek | 12.0 miles | 10 |
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 Lookeba | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2583039 | 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 1102114. 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.




