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.
Population over time
2 figuresMacomb 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 32 | |
| 2020 | 22 | -10 (-31%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1898 USGS Purcell quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS McComb quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Oklahoma City South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Pawnee Agency | BURNETTE |
| 1 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | COKER ROAD |
| 31 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | BRINKLEY ROAD |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Macomb | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $100,000 | Significant 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Macomb | 1 killed, $20,000 | An 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Macomb | $25,000 | A 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macomb | $5,000 | Trees and pole barn roof were damaged. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macomb | $5,000 | Up to 18-inch tree limbs were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Macomb | $2,000 | This 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macomb | $2,000 | Roof shingles were blown off a house. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macomb | $1,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macomb | $500 | Several four inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macomb | $500 | A tin roof sustained wind damage. |
| October 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Macomb | - | Emergency management spotters reported a brief tornado near US Highway 177 and State Highway 59B. No damage was reported. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macomb | - | Estimated gust. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (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 2020 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Macomb | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Macomb | - | 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 Macomb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2774268 | 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 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.






