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Milburn, Oklahoma

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Johnston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73450. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milburn quadrangle. 252 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 705 feet above sea level.

Milburn within Johnston County

On record in Milburn

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Milburn fell from 317 to 252 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
2010317
2020252-65 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Milburn between 2006 and 2014, burning about 471 acres in total. 3 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 burning7
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
28 August 2006Natural4.0 acresTishomingo National Wildlife RefugeROUND BALE
26 August 2006Natural2.0 acresChickasaw AgencyROUND BALE
11 August 2011Natural1.5 acresChickasaw AgencyBARN DOWN FIRE
10 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresChickasaw AgencyADAMS
7 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChickasaw AgencyWEBIE
3 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresChickasaw AgencyKOELLING
26 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreChickasaw AgencyRUSSELL
22 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChickasaw AgencyMIKE LEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnston County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Milburn: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnston County

Storms near this place

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milburn in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020HailMilburn$1,000,000Extensive damage reported to Milburn School, along with vehicle and home damage between Milburn and Tishimingo.
April 2005Tornado (F1)Milburn$125,000A southeast moving thunderstorm produced a tornado near Milburn after dark. This tornado, illuminated by lightning, was seen by several people as it moved east-northeast. The tornado destroyed a small chicken coup or barn. A large tree was also snapped landing on a car, severely damaging the vehicle. Ten to fifteen large pecan trees were uprooted and partially debarked. Several of these trees were reported to be over three feet in diameter.
May 2025Flash FloodMilburn$75,000A relayed image shows a section of roadway washed out, with a vehicle in the washout, near the intersection of Chickasaw Avenue and 9th Street in the community of Milburn. The event time is approximate.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindMilburn$50,000After the tornado dissipated to the east-southeast of Milburn, the storm continued to produce wind damage as it moved northeast to areas west-southwest of Wapanucka. At least eight homes were affected or had minor damage according to assessments from emergency management.
October 2018Flash FloodMilburn$25,000Home in low-lying area with 6-8 inches of water inside.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMilburn$5,000no account filed
November 2023HailMilburn-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (0302-0307 LST) to report time.
May 2021FloodMilburn-Culverts were washed out.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindMilburn-Tree was downed blocking roadway on Bullard Chapel road 1/2 mile south of Harbert Road. Time based on radar estimate.
October 2019HailMilburn-Estimated size from Twitter.
May 2017Tornado (EFU)Milburn-Spotters with the Milburn Fire Department observed a tornado north near SH-7 and Wiley Road that moved northeast toward Bromide. No damage was reported.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Milburn-Two off-duty NWS employees observed this tornado to the south of the tornado that moved from northeast of Madill to SSW of Milburn. No known damage occurred and the tornado location was estimated.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMilburn-Several large trees were blown down, some of them blocking roadways. One tree fell on a house. Monetary damage estimates were unavailable.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMilburn-Trees and power poles/lines were blown down. Nickel-size hail was also reported at this locations. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
June 2007Flash FloodMilburn-HWY 48A was closed due to high water just north of Milburn.
June 2007Flash FloodMilburn-HWY 78S was closed due to high water.
June 2007Flash FloodMilburn-The road was closed at Converse Street and HWY 48A East.
April 2020HailMilburn-no account filed
April 2020HailMilburn-no account filed
July 2009HailMilburn-no account filed
July 2009HailMilburn-no account filed
October 1996HailMilburn-no account filed
April 1995HailMilburn-no account filed
April 1994HailMilburn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnston 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
Emet2.7 miles13
Fillmore3.6 miles14
Tishomingo6.9 miles13
Coleman7.2 miles14
Nida7.3 miles14
Folsom7.6 miles14
Bee8.3 miles13
Ravia10.7 miles14

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 MilburnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2072586The 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 1095388. 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.