Martha, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Altus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73521. The Survey maps it on the Martha quadrangle. 162 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,407 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMartha grew from 162 to 162 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 | 162 | |
| 2020 | 162 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Martha quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Altus quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 Martha: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Shale Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martha in 44 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 28 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | $75,000 | Several tree limbs 6 inches in diameter blown down. Also, several trees 24 inches in diameter and a 50 foot HAM radio antenna were blown down. Two 35,000 bushel grain storage tanks were toppled by the high wind. The event lasted approximately 15 minutes. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | $5,000 | Four to five powerpoles downed. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | $2,500 | Power lines were downed. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | $1,400 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | $500 | Trees and construction signs were downed. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Martha | - | The report was relayed through mPING. Event time adjusted based on radar observations. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | - | Altus/Quartz Mountain Regional Airport (KAXS) observation. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Martha | - | Social media image. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | - | Altus/Quartz Mountain Regional Airport (KAXS) observation. |
| June 2018 | Flood | Martha | - | Water over CR201 west of Highway 283 and north of Highway 62. Car was stuck here between downed power lines. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Martha | - | Quarter to golfball size hail. No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Martha | - | No damage reported. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Martha | - | Hail accumulated to a depth of 1.5. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Martha | - | No damage reported. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| November 2011 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| November 2011 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Martha | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Martha | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martha | - | 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 Martha | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2683642 | 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 1095158. 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.
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.


