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McBride, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Marshall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73439. It stands on McLaughlin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kingston South quadrangle. 128 people lived here at the 2020 count.

McBride within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of McBride between 2006 and 2017, burning about 46 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Fireworks1

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
29 August 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGATEWAY
29 August 2012Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRAYSON TASK FORCE
4 July 2006Fireworks1.3 acresChickasaw AgencyBOOM BOOM
2 July 2006Naturalunder an acreChickasaw AgencyHAMBURGER HILL
1 July 2006Naturalunder an acreChickasaw AgencyROOSEVELT BRIDGE
4 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE
8 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresWewoka AgencyWILLOW SPRINGS RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of McBride: 5 past producers. 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 Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

17 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McBride in 17 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death 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
July 2025LightningMcbride1 killed, 1 hurtOne person was killed and another critically injured when they were struck by lightning while playing horseshoes on Lake Texoma's North Island. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on fire/ambulance dispatch times provided by emergency management.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMcbride$20,000Multiple large (12+ inch diameter) tree limbs blown down, one crushing a vehicle. Time is radar estimated.
April 2026HailMcbride-The report was relayed through mPING.
September 2025HailMcbride-The report was relayed through mPING.
September 2025HailMcbride-The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
September 2025HailMcbride-The report was relayed through mPING. The event time was adjusted based on radar observations.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Mcbride-Marshall County Emergency Management reported a waterspout occurred with a QLCS storm over Lake Texoma that was estimated to be about 4 miles southwest of McBride. The waterspout likely did not move onshore and no damage was reported.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMcbride-Large tree limbs blown down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMcbride-Large tree limbs down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMcbride-Minor roof damage occurred to two buildings. Power lines were also blown down at this location. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMcbride-Four boathouses and numerous boats were heavily damaged at the Soldier Creek Marina. Numerous landing docks were damaged as well. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
March 2023HailMcbride-no account filed
October 2019HailMcbride-no account filed
May 2015HailMcbride-no account filed
March 2007HailMcbride-no account filed
May 2003HailMcbride-no account filed
May 2001HailMcbride-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
New Woodville2.6 miles12
Kingston6.3 miles12
Aylesworth6.4 miles14
Shay7.5 miles13
Cumberland9.1 miles13
Little City10.4 miles13
Robinson Corner10.5 miles13
Willis10.9 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q85332415The 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 1095207. 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.