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Macomb, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74852. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Macomb quadrangle. 22 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.

Macomb within Pottawatomie County

Population over time

2 figures

Macomb fell from 32 to 22 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
201032
202022-10 (-31%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Macomb between 2006 and 2017, burning about 900 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
15 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined600 acresPawnee AgencyBURNETTE
1 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryCOKER ROAD
31 January 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined175 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryBRINKLEY ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pottawatomie County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Macomb: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pottawatomie County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macomb in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 1 injury. 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
April 2025Flash FloodMacomb1 killed, 1 hurt, $100,000Significant roadway flooding occurred near the intersection of Oklahoma Highways 102 and 59B due to water rise from both the Little River and Sand Creek. Emergency management and broadcast media reported multiple water rescues near this intersection. A man drowned when his car was swept off the road by floodwaters. A responding law enforcement officer was injured as well. Event time is approximate, and residual flooding is likely to have occurred beyond the listed end time.
June 2015Flash FloodMacomb1 killed, $20,000An 80 year old woman was found dead in a partially submerged car near Macomb Thursday night. Law enforcement reported that it appeared the woman ignored barricades and attempted to drive through the water.
April 2025Flash FloodMacomb$25,000A relayed image courtesy of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shows a significant portion of White Oaks Lane washed out due to flooding from a nearby creek. The event time is approximate.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMacomb$5,000Trees and pole barn roof were damaged.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMacomb$5,000Up to 18-inch tree limbs were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2018Tornado (EF1)Macomb$2,000This tornado damaged an outbuilding about 2.25 miles north-northeast of Macomb. This tornado likely had a longer path within the inaccessible valley of the Little River, but this was the only location the tornado encountered any structures.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMacomb$2,000Roof shingles were blown off a house.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMacomb$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMacomb$500Several four inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindMacomb$500A tin roof sustained wind damage.
October 2022Tornado (EF0)Macomb-Emergency management spotters reported a brief tornado near US Highway 177 and State Highway 59B. No damage was reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMacomb-Estimated gust.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Macomb-Numerous spotters and law-enforcement officers reported a brief tornado in the Macomb/Brooksville area. The tornado was estimated to have occurred about 4 miles northwest of Macomb based on triangulation of the reports. No damage was reported.
May 2020HailMacomb-no account filed
August 2019HailMacomb-no account filed
May 2017HailMacomb-no account filed
June 2017HailMacomb-no account filed
May 2010HailMacomb-no account filed
April 2008HailMacomb-no account filed
May 2002HailMacomb-no account filed
September 1999HailMacomb-no account filed
September 1999HailMacomb-no account filed
April 1999HailMacomb-no account filed
June 1995HailMacomb-no account filed
July 1995HailMacomb-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pottawatomie 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
Tribbey3.2 miles12
Burnett3.9 miles13
Morvin3.9 miles13
Brooksville4.1 miles14
Anderson4.3 miles15
Macomb-Y4.4 miles14
Chisney4.4 miles14
Romulus5.0 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 MacombAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2774268The 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 1095077. 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.